Fixed-Date Console Image#

Image: synergycp/bm-console-container-legacy-fakedate Tags: latest (production) · beta (early access)

This image is identical to the Legacy Console Image — same browser, same Java runtime, same certificate handling, same ISO-upload support — with one difference: the container’s clock is set to a fixed date in the past (2014) instead of the real date.

Why a fixed date#

Vintage BMC Java applets ship code signed by certificates (and timestamp countersignatures) that expired years ago, and some applets contain date-sensitive logic of their own. Validated against today’s date, that code is well past its expiry and can refuse to run; validated against a 2014 clock, it falls back inside the window it was originally issued for. Setting the whole console’s clock to 2014 keeps that signed code — and the BMC’s own date checks — happy.

When to use it#

Reach for the standard Legacy Console Image first. Switch a server to this fixed-date image only when the standard image loads the console but the Java applet still won’t launch because of an expiry- or date-related failure (for example, a “signed code has expired” or “certificate is not valid” error coming from the applet itself).

Everything a customer does with the console — launching the KVM, copy/paste, and uploading ISOs — behaves exactly as it does on the standard image. (As on the standard image, uploading ISOs requires an SSH key set on the user account launching the console; admin accounts cannot upload ISOs.)

Because this image reports 2014 as the current date inside the container, any timestamps shown by the BMC’s own applet or web UI will reflect that date rather than the real one. This is expected and does not affect the server itself — only the throwaway console container’s clock is changed.

Choosing this image#

Set it the same way as any console image: when assigning a server’s Launch KVM Action (see Enable Containerized Consoles on servers), pick synergycp/bm-console-container-legacy-fakedate as the Console Image and choose a Console Tag.