HP iLO4 – Remote Console Java Applet Display Issues

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We have an HP Proliant DL360 G8 server, with iLO4 installed. I normally uses Firefox to access the iLO web interfacefrom an Ubuntu server. The Ubuntu server hopped through 2 subnets to get to the iLO interface.

ubuntu$ xhost +
ssh -X 192.168.13.1
ssh -X 172.16.1.1
export MOZ_FORCE_DISABLE_E10S=1
firefox -no-remote

Then https://… to logon to the iLO interface. However, when trying to run Remote Console using Java Applet, the normal Ice tea applet window is not showing anything, and there're no remote window popping up. Is that because of export DISPLAY does not apply to JAVA applets? Is there something I can do to fix this?
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Best Answer

Java applets support has been removed from both web browsers and Java itself. So you need a proper combination to run such an applet, for example Firefox up to 52 ESR and Java 8.

Alternatively, you might have success launching a java applet using javaws instead of browser - which is available up to Java 9 I think. I use it to launch fibre switch interfaces, for example from your command line,

javaws http://fswitch.domain.local/switchexplorer_installed.html

This way only an older version of Java is needed, you don't have to install an older web browser also.

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