2.3. Logging in for the First Time

Because Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization requires a secure connection to log in to the User Portal, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization requires that you trust the site's identity the first time you log in. Confirm a security exception for the website or add the website to your browser's list of trusted sites, and your web browser displays the login screen.
If you plan to use the SPICE protocol for connecting to virtual machines, install the appropriate plug-ins for your browser. You need to do this only once.
On a Linux client machine with Mozilla Firefox, install the SPICE Firefox plug-in to access the User Portal. On a Windows client machine with Internet Explorer, add the SPICE ActiveX component to your web browser.
Mozilla Firefox on Windows does not support SPICE. Use Internet Explorer on Windows.

Note

Add the URL for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager to your list of trusted sites.
If Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is not in the list of trusted sites of Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9, the SPICE Client window changes from full-screen to windowed-screen.
If Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is a Trusted Site, a full-screen SPICE window remains open.