Legacy Console Image#

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

This is the standard Containerized Console image and the one to reach for first. It provides a full graphical environment — Firefox ESR, the Oracle Java Web Start runtime, and an HTML5 (noVNC) desktop — purpose-built to drive the Java-applet KVM consoles found on vintage BMCs (Super Micro, Avocent, older iLO/iDRAC, and similar).

What it handles for you#

The whole point of this image is to make an old, awkward Java KVM “just work” in a modern browser, with none of the usual prompts:

  • Untrusted BMC certificates. Self-signed, expired, or hostname-mismatched BMC certificates are accepted silently — no browser interstitial and no Java security-warning dialog.
  • Prompt-free Java. The unsigned-applet “do you want to run this application?” gate and the “your Java is out of date” nag are suppressed, so the KVM launches without the user clicking through warnings.
  • Native copy/paste. Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V work between your local machine and the remote console (over the HTTPS-secured session).
  • ISO uploads. On SynergyCP 5.5+, you can upload your own ISO for virtual media — this requires an SSH key set on the user account launching the console, and is not available to admin accounts. See Uploading ISOs to a Console.

When to use it#

Use this image for essentially any old server whose BMC presents a Java-applet KVM console. It is the default and the right choice in the large majority of cases.

If the console loads but the Java applet still refuses to launch with an error that looks date- or certificate-expiry related, try the Fixed-Date Console Image instead — it is identical to this image but runs its clock in the past to satisfy that class of check.

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