Download the vSphere Client SDK

Download the .zip file that contains all components of the vSphere Client SDK.

Prerequisites

Create a Customer Connect account at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/.

Procedure

  1. 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.
  2. Confirm the md5sum is correct.
    See the VMware Web site topic Using MD5 Checksums at http://www.vmware.com/download/md5.html.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

  5. 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.