Http connection to VCenter

[DanieleFiore201]

Hi guys,

i need to reach VCenter via HTTP and not via HTTPS.

Is there a way to configure that ?

I need also to install SDK =>is that available during the installation ?

Many thanks in advance.

Daniele

[trickybits]

You can configure vCenter for http instead of https, but it's not supported.

Google for "How To: vSphere Client to vCenter Using HTTP" and you will find a nice write-up.

The vSphere SDK for Perl can be downloaded here:

http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/forums/vsphere_sdk_perl

[DanieleFiore201]

Many thx, meanwhile i found the solution to edit the proxy.xml file under :

1.Logon to the vCenter server

2.Browse to Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\ (Windows 2003) or ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL (Windows 2008).

3.Open proxy.xml with the text editor of your choice and find the /sdk section. Change the accessMode to httpAndHttps.

4.Restart the vCenter services.

2003

1.Logon to the Virtual Center server.

2.Browse to Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\.

3.Open proxy.xml with the text editor of your choice and find the /sdk section. Change the accessMode to httpAndHttps.

4.Restart the vCenter services.

[erossberg]

I am unsure how to properly update the VCenter proxy.xml, I made the following change but it doesn't seem to allow connectivity via the browser on port 80.

<e id="5">

      <_type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</_type>

      <accessMode>httpAndHttps</accessMode>

      <port>8085</port>

      <serverNamespace>/sdk</serverNamespace>

    </e>

Is there an additional section that needs to be modified?  Do I need to modify anything on the esxi host?

Thanks in advance,

Eric