Container shell freezes when opened in VMware Remote Console (VMRC)

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

After launching a container and opening the VMware Remote Console (VMRC) directly to the container VM, the shell freezes while trying to execute docker commands.

Environment

VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.4.x
VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.x

Resolution

This is working as designed because docker commands are executed over a serial connection, while the console for VMware Remote Console (VMRC) uses MKS type of input which is not present in containers.