Smart HTTP VM Access Helper

[andrewbents]

closes #1680

[bw-ci]

Can one of the admins verify this patch?

[coveralls]

Pull Request Test Coverage Report for Build 1861

• 66 of 66 (100.0%) changed or added relevant lines in 5 files are covered.
• No unchanged relevant lines lost coverage.
• Overall coverage increased (+0.2%) to 53.245%

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Totals
Change from base Build 1858:	0.2%
Covered Lines:	9608
Relevant Lines:	16004

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