In a system and method for outside-of-network management of a component in a virtual data center, a computing device outside of the virtual data center network requests a host java network launch protocol (JNLP) file for a host on a component in the virtual data center network. After receiving the request, the host provides the host JNLP file to a webservice that modifies a portion of the host JNLP file and provides the further modified host JNLP file to the computing device outside of the virtual data center network. The computing device outside of the virtual data center network can utilize the information in the modified host JNLP file to establish a connection to the host and remotely manage the component.