Esxi Webservice Login Not Working

[cubits]

I am not sure if I am posting it on the right channel. The issue that I am facing is with the Esxi Webservice. I am attempting to login via web service and I don't get an OK response as shown below:

  Any help is much appreciated

[maksym007]

You are trying to log in directly to vsphere client or to vCenter? 

From screenshots, I am not able to identify is this a monitoring tool or smth for network?

[doskiran]

The issue is not passing the right SessionManager value in tag <urn:_this type="SessionManager"> .

To retrieve the SessionManager value, use the below POST SOAP API with the body and then pass the retrieved SessionManager value in the login API.

Step#1: 

POST: https://<server>/sdk

Body:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:vim25">
    <soapenv:Header />
    <soapenv:Body>
        <urn:RetrieveServiceContent>
            <urn:_this type="ServiceInstance">ServiceInstance</urn:_this>
        </urn:RetrieveServiceContent>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"...>
    <soapenv:Body>
        <RetrieveServiceContentResponse xmlns="urn:vim25">
            ...
                <about>
                   ....
                </about>
                   ...
                <sessionManager type="SessionManager">ha-sessionmgr</sessionManager>
                   ...
            </returnval>
        </RetrieveServiceContentResponse>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Step#2:  Copy the above SessionManager value i.e, "ha-sessionmgr" and update in login api.

POST: https://<server>/sdk

BODY:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:vim25">
   <soapenv:Header />
   <soapenv:Body>
      <urn:Login>
         <urn:_this type="SessionManager">ha-sessionmgr</urn:_this>
         <urn:userName>root</urn:userName>
         <urn:password>XXXXXXXX</urn:password>
         <urn:locale></urn:locale>
      </urn:Login>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
 xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
 xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <soapenv:Body>
        <LoginResponse xmlns="urn:vim25">
            <returnval>
                <key>xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx</key>
                <userName>root</userName>
                <fullName>Administrator</fullName>
                <loginTime>2023-01-31T09:06:39.124597Z</loginTime>
                <lastActiveTime>2023-01-31T09:06:39.124615Z</lastActiveTime>
                <locale>en</locale>
                <messageLocale>en</messageLocale>
            </returnval>
        </LoginResponse>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

[cubits]

It worked, thanks.