Connect-VIServer appears to not be working on CentOS 8

[drogal]

Running CentOS 8 and tcpdump shows that no outbound connections are attempted when I run Connect-VIServer. Has anyone noticed this?
Also, I can Ctrl+C to stop the Connect-VIserver because it does not appear to timeout. Exiting pwsh requires Ctrl+Z to background it and then kill %1.

Something is definitely broken.

Powershell installed from the official repo and PowerCLI modules unzipped into /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/Modules/VMware.PowerCLI
 

$> dnf info powershell  Name         : powershell Version      : 7.0.0 Release      : 1.rhel.7 Architecture : x86_64 Size         : 151 M Source       : powershell-7.0.0-1.rhel.7.src.rpm Repository   : @System From repo    : packages-microsoft-com-prod Summary      : PowerShell is an automation and configuration management              : platform. URL          : https://microsoft.com/powershell License      : MIT License Description  : PowerShell is an automation and configuration management              : platform. It consists of a cross-platform command-line shell and              : associated scripting language.   PS> Get-Module | ? {$_.Name -like "*vmware*"}| select Version, Name  Version         Name -------         ---- 7.0.0.15939650  VMware.Vim 12.0.0.15939657 VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core 12.0.0.15939652 VMware.VimAutomation.Common 12.0.0.15939655 VMware.VimAutomation.Core 12.0.0.15939651 VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk  PS> $PSVersionTable  Name                           Value ----                           ----- PSVersion                      7.0.0 PSEdition                      Core GitCommitId                    7.0.0 OS                             Linux 4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Ap… Platform                       Unix PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…} PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3 SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1 WSManStackVersion              3.0  PS> $vcenter = "HIDDEN"      PS> Test-Connection -TargetName $vcenter -TcpPort 443 True PS> Connect-VIServer $vcenter  Specify Credential Please specify server credential User: HIDDEN Password for user HIDDEN: **********************  ^C

[LucD]

And which PowerCLI version did you use?

[drogal]

apologies, but the formatting is non-obvious:

$ dnf info powershell

Last metadata expiration check: 0:08:46 ago on Tue 05 May 2020 13:18:50 BST.

Installed Packages

Name         : powershell

Version      : 7.0.0

Release      : 1.rhel.7

Architecture : x86_64

Size         : 151 M

Source       : powershell-7.0.0-1.rhel.7.src.rpm

Repository   : @System

From repo    : packages-microsoft-com-prod

Summary      : PowerShell is an automation and configuration management

             : platform.

URL          : https://microsoft.com/powershell

License      : MIT License

Description  : PowerShell is an automation and configuration management

             : platform. It consists of a cross-platform command-line shell and

             : associated scripting language.

PS> Get-Module | ? {$_.Name -like "*vmware*"}| select Version, Name

Version         Name

-------         ----

7.0.0.15939650  VMware.Vim

12.0.0.15939657 VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core

12.0.0.15939652 VMware.VimAutomation.Common

12.0.0.15939655 VMware.VimAutomation.Core

12.0.0.15939651 VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk

PS> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value

----                           -----

PSVersion                      7.0.0

PSEdition                      Core

GitCommitId                    7.0.0

OS                             Linux 4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Ap…

Platform                       Unix

PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}

PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3

SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

WSManStackVersion              3.0

PS> $vcenter = "HIDDEN"    

PS> Test-Connection -TargetName $vcenter -TcpPort 443

True

PS> Connect-VIServer $vcenter

Specify Credential

Please specify server credential

User: HIDDEN

Password for user HIDDEN: **********************

[LucD]

Can you list all PowerCLI modules?

Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable

[LucD]

Just to make sure, I did a quick test setup with CentOS 8.
For me everything seems to be working ok.

First install PSv7 with

sudo yum install https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.0.0/powershell-lts-7.0.0-1.rhel.7.x86_...

Then start PSv7 with 'pwsh'.

In the PSv7 session install PowerCLI and if required bypass certificate checking.

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Force -Confirm:$false -AllowClobber

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction:Ignore -Confirm:$false

The connect and run a PowerCLI cmdlet

Connect-VIServer -Server <my-vcsa>

Get-VMHost

And all that seems to work correctly for me.

Not sure how you installed PSv7 and the PowerCLI modules, but I guess there might be an issue in your installation.

[drogal]

Sorry to waste your time; it was selinux. My bad. It's all working now.