[Connect-VIServer], ViError

[SM_WAHED]

Hello

I am using powercli on linux

I need to connect to a virtualcenter through a http proxy

when I try to connect I am the following error :

CategoryInfo

: NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-VIServer], ViError

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_Exception,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer

I try webrequest and powershell correctly retrieve the vsphere web ui

Did anyone have successfully using viconnect trough a http proxy?

Thanks a lot

[LucD]

Can you share the instructions you are using for the connection, and how you specify the Proxy?

Or is that the system proxy defined on your station?

Can you do a Get-PowerCLIConfiguration, and check what it says for ProxyPolicy?

[SM_WAHED · Accepted solution]

Hello,

After several tests, it appears that it was the proxy who was in fault

my original settings :

My Linux workstation is behind a rebond/firewall and have to open a Socks5 proxy using SSH to connect to rebond server and I have to run my powercli script on my workstaton.

As powershell doesn't supports socks5 proxy (except if I am wrong), I've setup a polipo on my workstation to convert socks5 to http proxy, polipo send the traffic but nothing get back.

After few test, I have replace polipo with proxychains to do the same things and every works fine!

So If you need to pass trough a SSH jumphost to connect get access to your virtual center using a linux workstation :

open a ssh connection to the jumphost using ssh -D 12345 jumphost

Configure proxychains to convert socks5 to http prox

launch powershell using proxychains : proxychains pwsh

and everything works fine!