AJAX console does not work

[yadvr]

problem

When novnc.console.default is set to false, the old ajax based console isn't working. Was the ajax based console silently deprecated or is it still supported? If it is, then we should try and fix that - else, we should document that and remove the global setting.

versions

ACS 4.20.1 with KVM/Ubuntu 22.04

The steps to reproduce the bug

Set novnc.console.default to false, and after sometime open the console of any VM - the windows reports errors that it failed to load session/console.

What to do about it?

No response

[yadvr]

cc @nvazquez @weizhouapache @vishesh92

[weizhouapache]

@rohityadavcloud
I think ajax-based legacy console does not work with VNC/TLS, which is enabled by default in latest releases (4.18+).

Can you double check it ? @rohityadavcloud

[yadvr]

Yes it does not work, that's the issue reported :)
I'll try to check if it works if VNC/TLS is disabled.

[weizhouapache]

Yes it does not work, that's the issue reported :)
I'll try to check if it works if VNC/TLS is disabled.

any chance to verify if ajax console works when VNC/TLS is disabled ?
@rohityadavcloud

[yadvr]

@weizhouapache tested this on a Ubuntu 22.04 KVM host (ACS 4.20.1) with VNC/TLS disabled, ajax console does not work and I see in the tab: Access is denied for the console session. Please close the window and retry again

If this is beyond fixable, we should just document this and deprecate remove the ajax console.