If all is working then the “Use Windows session authentication” checkbox will be enabled: wss://vmware-plugin:8094 (alias for localhost address).The following endpoints are called from that page: This is instigated by background calls to the WebSocket service from the vCenter logon page. This interface brokers the authentication to the vCenter server using the user’s browser Windows session credentials. Once installed, the “VMware Cip Message Proxy Service” service presents a WebSocket interface on the local system. The installation process installs a Windows service called “VMware Cip Message Proxy Service” and adds the following entries to the local hosts file: The plugin package (currently VMware-EnhancedAuthenticationPlugin-6.5.0.exe) actually comprises two components: If this plugin is not installed the vCenter logon page prompts to download and install it: ![]() This is now provided by installing the VMWare Enhanced Authentication Plugin. As such VMWare was required to adopt an alternative approach to providing an SSO capability. Web browser SSO to vCenter used to be provided via a browser API called NPAPI, but this API has now been deprecated by all browsers.
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