Save licenses costs for vSphere Webclient

calendarNov 29, 2012 · 1 min read · VMware  ·
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Normally you install the vSphere Webclient on an additional windows server to separate it from the vCenter. This results in one additional Windows license (Server or 7 both possible).

But wait why should I do this if there is the vCenter Appliance from VMware which contains the Webclient running on Linux? So I tried it I have deployed the vCenter appliance additionally to my normal vCenter. I just configured the SSO to use my existing one and directly after this I was able to login with the Webclient from the vCenter appliance to my vCenter. The vCenter in the appliance is not configured/started and therefore I save additional resources.

Steps to configure:

  • Deploy the vCenter appliance OVF
  • Start the vCenter appliance
  • Configure the network
  • Access the management interface https://vCenterAppliance:5480
  • Skip the setup assistant
  • Go to the SSO tab
  • Select “external” as SSO deployment type
  • Provide the username and password to register the vCenter/Webclient with the SSO server
  • Provide the Account that will be assigned as vCenter administrator (for example: admin@System-Domain)
  • Provide the URL: https://SSOSERVER:7444/lookupservice/sdk
  • Wait a moment until the system has downloaded the certificate
  • Trust the certificate
  • Test and Save Settings

That’s it 🙂