Web Client support for MacOS

[wasmithorg]

Does anyone know when the vSphere Web Client will fully support MacOS?  In particular, when we can launch a VM console from within Firefox on MacOS?

[ssbkang]

vSphere 5.5 allows you to launch a virtual machine console using the web client on MacOS.

[wasmithorg]

Not according to the documentation:

vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center

Under Firefox on Windows I see the add-on "Vmware Remote Console Plug-in 5.5.0.28537".

I don't see any way to install this on Firefox on MacOS.

[ITGuyChris]

We just upgraded to vSphere 5.5 and the web console works in Safari 7.0.1, Chrome 32.0.1700.102 & Firefox 26.0 using MAC OSX 10.9.1. For Firefox, I checked under Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins and the VMware Remote Console Plug-in 5.5.0.41167 shows. I do remember the install for the plugin was near the bottom of the webpage on all browsers I listed above.

One slight problem I have yet to work around is the web console window does not auto adjust the resolution to fit the guest window like the vCenter standalone application did.

[wasmithorg]

This is good to know, but I still can't see how to add in the plug in.  The link at the bottom of the vcenter login screen doesn't show up any more.  Yet I only see the Client Integration plug in and not the remote console plug in.

Does anyone know a link that I can use to retrieve the plug in again?

[Swifthawk]

Yes, working here too with OS X 10.9.2. Having the same problem that the web console window does not auto adjust the resolution to fit the guest window. did you find a solution for that?

[amahler]

I bigger problem I'm seeing is that remote consoles on OS X in Safari and Chrome both won't pass control key combinations. CTRL-C, CTRL-D are all pretty critical on our Linux VMs.

I've seen this reported elsewhere, too. Possibly a WebKit issue.