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Cool fling: vSphere HTML5 Web Client! #h5client

Duncan Epping · Mar 29, 2016 ·

Many have asked for it, today the first iteration of the vSphere HTML5 Web Client has been delivered through the VMware Flings website. After the huge success of the ESXi Embedded Host Client (one of my fav flings) it was decided to take the same route for the HTML5 client. The amount of feedback on the ESXi Embedded Host Client fling was overwhelming and it allowed the engineers to incorporate feedback in a very agile while, respond to customers / users requirements literally within days sometimes. Of course the Web Client is a much larger undertaking, but the goal is very much similar. Having said that, it is not fully baked yet, VMware focused on the key workflows first and will expand over time.

Here are list of the most important features/workflows available:

  • VM power operations (common cases)p>
  • VM Edit Settings (simple CPU, Memory, Disk changes)
  • VM Console
  • VM and Host Summary pages
  • VM Migration (only to a Host)
  • Clone to Template/VM
  • Create VM on a Host (limited)
  • Additional monitoring views: Performance charts, Tasks, Events
  • Global Views: Recent tasks, Alarms (view only)
  • Feedback Tool (New feature to collect feedbacks from you)
  • And more.

So if you are interested in testing the latest and willing to provide feedback, start your engines! Note that the product management and engineering team will be closely monitoring twitter, VMTN communities and the feedback loop that is build in to the client itself. Here is how and where you can leave feedback:

  • Fling Comment Section: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vsphere-html5-web-client
  • VMTN community: https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vcenter
  • On twitter through #h5client
  • Or in the UI by clicking that smiley at the top right
  • If you would like to receive email updates and surveys from us regarding this fling, sign up here: http://goo.gl/forms/IqGJ5twYHf.

I have tried it long before it was even close to ready, and can honestly say that I very much enjoyed how quick it was… it feels to snappy and fresh, yet gets the job done without any nonsense. Great work guys…

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  1. budgi645 says

    29 March, 2016 at 14:07

    The community have been asking for this client without Flash since 4 years. I highly doubt feedback from the host fling initiated a vCenter HTML5 web client. Especially not in that short time frame between release of the host fling and vCenter fling. Strategy.

    • Duncan Epping says

      29 March, 2016 at 15:04

      of course they didn’t create the html5 client because of the response on the host client, they created this as a fling as that worked well with the host client. easy way to get something out to customers in a more agile way

      • budgi645 says

        30 March, 2016 at 05:00

        Cool – I was pretty sure the host fling would lead to this. Awesome and long awaited news – this is gonna speed up management tasks so well and finally kill the dependency on Flash. Took a while but very happy we are getting there. Even cooler would be federated cluster wide vCenter deployment to eliminate vCenter machine being the SPOF. But I am sure something like that is in the making. Good stuff.

  2. Rick Breidenstein says

    30 March, 2016 at 15:06

    Permission denied when following the link provided: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vsphere-html5-web-client

    • Duncan Epping says

      30 March, 2016 at 15:44

      looks like they are doing maintenance

      • Virtualisation says

        19 April, 2016 at 12:25

        yeah – I got that a few weeks ago, seems to be running smooth now!

  3. Ryan Hulce says

    31 March, 2016 at 21:42

    Got this running in our Lab today, WOW! I really hope VMware decides to replace the current web client with this soon. So much quicker than the traditional web client.

  4. David Francis says

    4 April, 2016 at 08:48

    Very Cool, Put this into our Lab last week and its very quick, As Ryan said i also hope the replace the current web client 🙂

    • Miro Maher says

      7 April, 2016 at 13:52

      Yes,
      you are not alone with this hope 🙂

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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