Download the .zip file that contains all components of the vSphere Client SDK.
Procedure
- Download the vSphere Client SDK from the VMware Web site at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
The
vSphere Client SDK is part of the VMware vCloud Suite and VMware vSphere, listed under Datacenter & Cloud Infrastructure.
- Confirm the md5sum is correct.
- Extract the content of the SDK in a directory on your development machine.
Note: The name of the directory where you extract the
vSphere Client SDK must be short and without spaces.
- Set the
VSPHERE_SDK_HOME
environment variable to the directory on your development machine where you extracted the vSphere Client SDK.
For example:
VSPHERE_SDK_HOME=C:\sdk\html-client-sdk
- Set up the
VMWARE_CFG_DIR
environment variable on your local machine to point to one of the following directories:
- For a Windows development environment, set C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\cfg\ as a value to the variable.
- For a Mac OS development environment, set /var/lib/vmware/vsphere-ui as a value to the variable.
What to do next
Open the README.html file and review the information about the other files and directories in the vSphere Client SDK.