Dell iDrac still requires Java

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

Yes, it's freaking embarrassing.

I have literally zero devices with Java installed. I will have to install it just to handle this task I need to do.

[scottalanmiller]

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I wonder why they haven't moved to HTML5 yet....

That takes effort.

[DustinB3403]

@scottalanmiller said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I wonder why they haven't moved to HTML5 yet....

That takes effort.

Eh yeah.... but so does installing Java....

[JaredBusch]

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@scottalanmiller said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I wonder why they haven't moved to HTML5 yet....

That takes effort.

Eh yeah.... but so does installing Java....

well not anymore... choco install -y javaruntime but the principle of the thing..

[RojoLoco]

I have 1 admin workstation with java on it just to access iDRACs on production systems. PITA.

[dafyre]

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@scottalanmiller said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I wonder why they haven't moved to HTML5 yet....

That takes effort.

Eh yeah.... but so does installing Java....

well not anymore... choco install -y javaruntime but the principle of the thing..

Can you set that so it doesn't install the Browser addons and all that ?

[JaredBusch]

@dafyre said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@scottalanmiller said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I wonder why they haven't moved to HTML5 yet....

That takes effort.

Eh yeah.... but so does installing Java....

well not anymore... choco install -y javaruntime but the principle of the thing..

Can you set that so it doesn't install the Browser addons and all that ?

It does that by default i believe.
It also install both the 32 and 64 bit versions by default.

[AdamF]

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I have not needed to use the iDRAC console in a couple of years now, and I had not realized that I still had to have f'n java installed in order to use it. WTF....

Yeah, it's gross. I cringe every time I have to use it.

[DustinB3403]

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@scottalanmiller said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I wonder why they haven't moved to HTML5 yet....

That takes effort.

Eh yeah.... but so does installing Java....

well not anymore... choco install -y javaruntime but the principle of the thing..

I meant in terms of "God I really need Java...... do I really need remote access..... so much effort to support Java by installing it....."

But yeah I know what you mean as well.

[JaredBusch]

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@scottalanmiller said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@DustinB3403 said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I wonder why they haven't moved to HTML5 yet....

That takes effort.

Eh yeah.... but so does installing Java....

well not anymore... choco install -y javaruntime but the principle of the thing..

I meant in terms of "God I really need Java...... do I really need remote access..... so much effort to support Java by installing it....."

Yes, I have just rebooted servers instead of using the console.
That is quite sad.

[stacksofplates]

iLO is the same if you're not using Windows. It sucks.

[JaredBusch]

aaaaaannnnnndddd I have to go in and manually weaken Java on top of it.

[dafyre]

I'd build a VM in VirtualBox just for this reason.

[JaredBusch]

All that work and..........

[JaredBusch]

I even logged in to the DRAC with SSH and did a reset of it.

[travisdh1]

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I even logged in to the DRAC with SSH and did a reset of it.

All for something that's supposed to be "easy", FML.

[JaredBusch]

I had to import the iDRAC SSL certificate into Java...

[Dashrender]

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I had to import the iDRAC SSL certificate into Java...

WTF!

[thwr]

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I have not needed to use the iDRAC console in a couple of years now, and I had not realized that I still had to have f'n java installed in order to use it. WTF....

Pretty much the same for every kind of remote console, be it on an IBM, Dell or SuperMicro server or on an Aten IP KVM. PITA, big, nasty PITA.

[travisdh1]

@thwr said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

@JaredBusch said in Dell iDrac still requires Java:

I have not needed to use the iDRAC console in a couple of years now, and I had not realized that I still had to have f'n java installed in order to use it. WTF....

Pretty much the same for every kind of remote console, be it on an IBM, Dell or SuperMicro server or on an Aten IP KVM. PITA, big, nasty PITA.

How many of us have a VM on our workstation just for this? I know I do, and it's hard to get much smaller than we are and still need any IT.