18.1 Installing the maxView Plugin for vSphere 8 HTML5 Client

Follow the instructions in this section to install the maxView vSphere 8 Plugin HTML5 on a vCenter Server Appliance.

VMware ESXi 7/VMware ESXi 8, and vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 8 versions are required to be running on the machine before proceeding with the installation steps.

Create an ESXi setup and mount the VCSA.iso file on a machine.
Navigate to the following directory on the mounted file: \vcsa-ui-installer\win32\installer.exe.
Double-click on the installer and follow the instructions to create a virtual machine in the ESXi machine with the VMware Photon OS.
Perform the following steps to install the maxView vSphere plugin:
- Copy maxview-plugin-1.0.0.jar and maxview_plugin_Installation.sh to vCenter Server
- Run the maxview_plugin_Installation.sh from the same location and provide the following information:
  - vCenter Server GUID: To retrieve vCenter Server GUID, perform the following steps:
    1. Login to vCenter Server appliance.
    2. Navigate to the inventory and copy the GUID from the URL. See the following figure to retrieve vCenter Server GUID from the URL:
  - vCenter Server FQDN: IP address of the vCenter Server Appliance
  - vCenter Server Thumbprint: The vCenter Server Appliance SHA1 Thumbprint. To retrieve SHA1 Thumbprint, perform the following steps:
    1. Launch the vCenter Server appliance in the Web browser.
    2. Click the Lock icon on the address bar to get the certificate.
    3. View the SHA1 Thumbprint on the certificate.
      Note: Check the JDK version. vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) requires JDK 8 to run the plugin.
Execute the following steps to install the maxView vSphere plugin.
1. Navigate to \html-client-sdk\tools\vCenter plugin registration\prebuilt\ location that contains the plugin registration script.
2. Run the following command to register the plugin from the Windows machine
```
extension-registration.bat -action registerPlugin -remote -url https:// IP_Address /sdk -username Username -password Password --vcenterServerThumbprint vcenterServerThumbprint -key com.mchp.maxview.maxviewvsphere -version 1.0.0
-pluginUrl https:// IP_Address:8443/maxView-ui/plugin.json -serverThumbprint ServerThumbprint -c "2023 Microchip Technology Inc." -n "maxView Remote Plugin" -s "This is maxView Remote Plugin"
```
  Note: For more detail on the commands, check with VMware.
  where:
  - IP_Address is the IP address of the vCenter Server Appliance
  - Username is the username of the vCenter Server Appliance
  - Password is the password of the vCenter Server Appliance
  - vcenterServerThumbprint is the vCenter Server Appliance SHA1 Thumbprint
    Note: ServerThumbprint is the SHA256 Thumbprint of https:// IP_Address:8443/maxView-ui/plugin.json.
3. Run the following command to de-register the plugin from Windows machine.
```
extension-registration.bat -action unregisterPlugin
--key com.pmc.maxview.maxviewvsphere -url https://IP_ADDRESS /sdk
--username Username --vcenterServerThumbprint
vcenterServerThumbprint
```
  Note: For more detail on the commands, check with VMware.
  where:
  - IP_Address is the IP address of the vCenter Server Appliance
  - Username is the username of the vCenter Server Appliance
  - Password is the password of the vCenter Server Appliance
  - vcenterServerThumbprint is the vCenter Server Appliance SHA1 Thumbprint
  Once the maxView vSphere plugin is registered, the maxView icon is displayed in shortcut of vCenter Server Appliance (https://VCSA_IP/ui/app/shortcuts).
Click on the maxView icon to list the ESXi systems added.
Note: Initially, none of the system are added.
Click on Add system to add the ESXi systems.
Add the firewall entry by using URL: https://VCSA_IP: 5480. Click on the firewall and add the entry.
Note: Replace VCSA_IP with the user installed vCenter Server Appliance IP address.
Note: The configuration or events are not delivered, if the firewall is not added.