{"id":21088,"date":"2017-05-29T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=21088\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T11:28:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T09:28:12","slug":"esxi-6-5-remove-host-client-web-session-timeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/esxi-6-5-remove-host-client-web-session-timeout\/","title":{"rendered":"ESXi 6.5 remove Host Client Web Interface session timeout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21089 size-full\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout01.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In VMware ESXi 6.5 the Host Client Web Interface\u00a0session <strong>timeouts automatically every 15 minutes<\/strong> and then you have to log back in to the ESXi Host Client Web Interface again.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid this tedious situation you can\u00a0<strong>increase the session timeout<\/strong> changing an advanced configuration parameter in the ESXi Host Client Web Interface.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Using your favorite browser, <strong>log in<\/strong> to the web interface.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21090 size-large\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout02-600x371.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout02\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Navigate to <strong>Host &gt; Manage &gt; System &gt; Advanced Settings<\/strong> and scroll down on the right side searching for the key <strong>UserVars.HostClientSessionTimeout<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21091 size-large\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout03-600x332.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout03\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The default value for <em>UserVars.HostClientSessionTimeout<\/em>\u00a0key is set to\u00a0<strong>900<\/strong> (value in seconds). After 15 minutes you will be <strong>logged out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21092 size-large\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout04-600x232.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout04\" width=\"600\" height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To change the timeout, click on <strong>Edit Settings<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21093 size-large\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout05-600x268.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout05\" width=\"600\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set the <strong>New value<\/strong> field to\u00a0<strong>0<\/strong> and click <strong>Save<\/strong>\u00a0to keep the web page open indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21094 size-full\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout06.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout06\" width=\"475\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The value for <em>UserVars.HostClientSessionTimeout<\/em> key is now <strong>0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21095 size-large\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout07-600x227.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout07\" width=\"600\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reload the web page<\/strong> and your session will remain <strong>open until you logoff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21096 size-large\" title=\"esxi65removetimeout08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esxi65removetimeout08-600x233.jpg\" alt=\"esxi65removetimeout08\" width=\"600\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, as best practice it's suggested to set a session timeout for <strong>security reasons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In VMware ESXi 6.5 the Host Client Web Interface\u00a0session timeouts automatically every 15 minutes and then you have to log back in to the ESXi Host Client Web Interface again. To avoid this tedious situation you can\u00a0increase the session timeout changing an advanced configuration parameter in the ESXi Host Client Web Interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[903,2701],"tags":[580,1778,1776,1777],"class_list":["post-21088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vmware-en","category-vsphere-en","tag-esxi-en","tag-host","tag-session","tag-timeout","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}