Users Guide

8–Installing the vSphere Web Client Plug-in
Installing the vSphere Web Client Plug-in
Doc. No. TD-000965 Rev. 1
January 21, 2021 Page 123 Copyright © 2021 Marvell
 The Tomcat CATALINA_HOME environment variable is set to the
appropriate directory.
 The Tomcat server is running the HTTPS protocol. The vSphere
Web Client Plug-in must be available through an
https URL.
Consult the Tomcat documentation to enable the HTTPS
protocol, if it is not already enabled.
2. Run the installer on the server running the vCenter Server or providing the
Tomcat service. Provide the information requested by the installer.
 On Windows, double-click the installer and follow the instructions in the
GUI.
 On Linux:
a. Make sure the user is the root user (or has root privileges).
b. Create the installer executable if one does not already exist.
Choose the installer for your system (32-bit or 64-bit), and issue
the following command:
chmod +x <installer>
Where <installer> is the file name of the installer.
c. Run the installer by issuing the following command:
./<installer>
Where <installer> is the file name of the installer.
d. Follow the instructions provided by the installer.
NOTE
If the installer does not register the plug-in properly, or if you get the
Please check the input strings and try again
error message, and
the input strings are correct, there may be an issue with the Tomcat
configuration.
Try adding the SSLv2Hello protocol to the list of enabled protocols in
the HTTPS configuration of Tomcat.
For example:
<Connector port="8443"
protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol"
maxThreads="150" SSLEnabled="true" scheme="https"
secure="true" keystoreFile="C:\Users\Administrator\.keystore"
keystorePass="changeit"
clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS"
sslEnabledProtocols="SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1, SSLv2Hello"
/>