VM Console shows Disconnected in VMware Cloud Director in Mozilla Firefox
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VM Console shows Disconnected in VMware Cloud Director in Mozilla Firefox

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Article ID: 399936

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Products

VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

  • after certificate renewal, the console of the vm is not working with Firefox, with other browsers working fine
  • VM Console opens fine with other browsers i.e. Chrome and Edge
  • Only Mozilla Firefox shows VM Console Disconnected
  • NSX AVI Load Balancer is used for Load Balancing 
  • The following error can be seen in the VM Console's Browser Console Logs:

GET
wss://<VCD>/443;/...NS_ERROR_WEBSOCKET_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://<VCD>/443;/

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.1

Resolution

To resolve the issue, check the "Enable HTTP2" box in the AVI Load Balancer