error connecting to server from hostops.pl script

[MirkoB_]

Hi at all,

i've got a esxi 4 server running a vMA VM.

I'm trying to shutdown host with a hostops.pl script

I use this syntax:

hostops.pl --host FQDN --operation shutdown

I insert username and password, but the script return this error:

Error connecting to server at 'https://localhost/sdk/webService': Connection refused

I have also tried with this syntax:

hostops.pl --host FQDN --url https://FQDN/sdk/webservice --operation shutdown --host_username root --host_password password, but the script return this error:

Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password (the username and the password are certainly correct)

Why?

Thank you

[dessyboy]

Did you ever get this resolved? I have the same issue.

[TrooperX]

If you intiate the following then the error will be resolved.

Initialize vi‐fastpass:

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vifpinit <targetserver>

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If there is only one target server, you do not have to specify it.

Then Verify that you can run a vSphere CLI command without authentication by running a command on one

of the ESX/ESXi hosts, for example:

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vicfg-nics -l --vihost <esx_host>

*

The command completes without prompting for authentication information. At this point run your VMA as your are expected

[dessyboy]

Tried it and got "No Target found"

[lamw · Accepted solution]

vifpinit will only work if you've actually added a target into vMA's fastpass management system. To do so, you'll need to use vifp, please refer to the vMA documentation for further information. Regarding your hostops.pl syntax, you should be using --server , as you can see from the error you're specifying the wrong flag and it's thinking you're trying to connect to "localhost" which is probably not where your ESX(i) server is located at.

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