Dell iDrac still requires Java

[JaredBusch]

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....

[scottalanmiller]

Yes, it's freaking embarrassing.

[DustinB3403]

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

[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...