vmware vsphere html5 console

README.md

Does not work with vSphere > 6.0 as the URL is always protected by SSO and the pre-auth ticket is ignored.

Gemfile

source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'fog'
gem 'fog-vsphere'
gem 'awesome_print'
gem 'pry'

html5console.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'fog'
require 'awesome_print'
require 'pry'

client = ::Fog::Compute.new(
  :provider                     => 'vsphere',
  :vsphere_username             => 'xxx',
  :vsphere_password             => 'xxx',
  :vsphere_server               => 'xxx',
  :vsphere_expected_pubkey_hash => 'xxx',
)

name = 'test.example.com'

vm = client.servers.get(name)

search_filter = { :uuid => vm.instance_uuid, 'vmSearch' => true, 'instanceUuid' => true }
vm_mob_ref = client.connection.searchIndex.FindAllByUuid(search_filter).first
ticket = vm_mob_ref.AcquireTicket(:ticketType => 'webmks')

server = client.vsphere_server
port = '9443'
vm_mo_ref_id = vm.mo_ref
vm_name = vm.name
server_guid = client.connection.serviceContent.about.instanceUuid
vcenter_fqdn = client.connection.serviceContent.setting.setting.find {|setting| setting.key == 'VirtualCenter.FQDN'  }.value
session = client.connection.serviceContent.sessionManager.AcquireCloneTicket
ssl_thumbprint = ticket.sslThumbprint

url = "https://#{server}:#{port}/vsphere-client/webconsole.html?vmId=#{vm_mo_ref_id}&vmName=#{vm_name}&serverGuid=#{server_guid}&host=#{vcenter_fqdn}&sessionTicket=#{session}&thumbprint=#{ssl_thumbprint}"

puts url

sleep 180