Configure HTTP Communication Protocol on ESX Server 4.0 Systems

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Configure HTTP Communication Protocol on ESX Server 4.0 Systems

By default, the backup proxy system and the ESX Server systems communicate using HTTPS protocol. To specify an alternative protocol, you can configure the backup proxy system and the ESX Server system to communicate using HTTP protocol.

Note: In addition to ESX Server 4.0 systems, the following steps apply to ESX Server 4.1 and ESX Server 5.0 and 5.1 systems.

To configure HTTP communication protocol on ESX Server 4.0 systems

Log in to the service console on the ESX Server system as the root user and change to the directory that follows:
```
/etc/vmware/hostd
```
Open proxy.xml using a text editor.

Find the list of endpoints that contain the settings for the web service supported by the SDK.

Note: You can identify endpoints by the <EndpointList> tag.

The nested tags may appear as follows:
```
<e id="5">
```
```
<_type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</_type>
```
```
<accessMode>httpsWithRedirect</accessMode>
```
```
<port>8307</port>
```
```
<serverNamespace>/sdk</serverNamespace>
```
```
</e>
```
Change the accessMode to the following:
```
httpAndHttps
```
Close and save proxy.xml.
Restart the vmware-hostd process using the command that follows:
```
service mgmt-vmware restart
```