vSphere Client SDK
Overview
The VMware vSphere Client SDK 8.0 provides tools, libraries, sample plug-ins, and documentation to help you build user interface vSphere Client extensions for vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS.
Deprecation of Local Plug-ins
In vSphere 8.0, VMware deprecated local plug-ins, as previously announced. Local plug-in support ends in the next major vSphere release.
Important: Partners should migrate all local plug-ins to the remote plug-in architecture as soon as possible. For help with this, use the SDK migration tools for plug-in manifest conversion and JavaScript API migration.
Local plug-ins remain functional in vSphere 8.0, but they must be upgraded for compatibility with two vSphere security enhancements: local plug-ins must become FIPS-compliant and must isolate their 3rd-party libraries.
Getting Started
1. Go through the Remote plug-in programming guide, which contains quick-start tips, architecture overview, development guidelines, and best practices. 2. Get to know the manifest format and the JavaScript API for remote plug-ins. 3. Check the Release Notes and SDK blog posts. 4. Download the SDK, build your plug-in and test it against all vCenter Server versions it supports. 5. Certify your plug-in with the vSphere Client Plugin Certification program. Any questions? Reach out via [email protected], Developer Center Partner Network, or the Forum. |
Downloads
By downloading, installing or using the software you agree to be bound by the terms of Broadcom's Software Development Kit License Agreement unless there is a different license provided in or specifically referenced by dowloaded file or package. If you disagree with any terms of the agreement then do not use the software.
| Name | Version | Size | MD5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vSphere Client SDK 8.0 | 8.0 | 200.35 MB | 37bd17aa73e26f5d77e8d110a7d661d8 | |
| vSphere Client SDK 8.0 U1 | 8.0U1 | 187.56 MB | 8015b0671f104fbcb80329e142c5ea0a | |
| vSphere Client SDK 8.0 U2 | 8.0U2 | 187.56 MB | 8015b0671f104fbcb80329e142c5ea0a |
Documentation and Reference
| Name | Size | ||||||||||
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| Development Guide | |||||||||||
| Developing Remote Plug-ins with the vSphere Client SDK 8.0 U2 | |||||||||||
| JavaScript API Migration Guide | |||||||||||
| Local Plug-ins: Third-party Library Isolation | |||||||||||
| Preparing Local Plug-ins for FIPS Compliance | |||||||||||
| Remote Plug-in Manifest Schema - 8.0 U1 | |||||||||||
| Remote Plug-in Manifest Schema - 8.0 U2 | |||||||||||
| [Deprecated] Developing Local Plug-ins with the vSphere Client SDK | |||||||||||
| vSphere Client Plug-in Manifest Conversion Tool | |||||||||||
| Open Source Software Related | |||||||||||
| Open Source Disclosure packages for vSphere Client | 19.06 MB | ||||||||||
| Open Source Licenses for vSphere Client 8.0 | 3.61 MB | ||||||||||
| Reference Guides | |||||||||||
| Remote Plug-in Manifest Schema - 8.0 | |||||||||||
| vSphere Client Plug-in Manifest Conversion Tool | |||||||||||
| Release Notes | |||||||||||
| vSphere Client SDK 8.0 Release Notes | |||||||||||
| vSphere Client SDK 8.0 U1 Release Notes | |||||||||||
| vSphere Client SDK 8.0 U2 Release Notes | |||||||||||