Unable to authenticate to vSphere API using SOAPUI

[lyubo]

Hello,

I am trying to use the vSphere web services api using SOAPUI, but I am unable to receive a successful response. Is there any special configuration I must do on the ESXi to allow the use of the API?

the ESXi I have deployed is version 6.0 u2.

So far, I succeeded in making a connection to the endpoint:

https://10.1.1.3/sdk/vimService

which successfully loaded all the wsdls. Now I am trying to use the method QueryEvents but I get the error:

         <faultcode>ServerFaultCode</faultcode>

         <faultstring>The session is not authenticated.</faultstring>

I read on the community and other forums so I tried to authenticate using the 'Login' method but still get the same error, so I am unable to establish a session to the API.

This is the Login request I send:

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

and the response I get is:

<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>
      <soapenv:Fault>
         <faultcode>ServerFaultCode</faultcode>
         <faultstring>The session is not authenticated.</faultstring>
         <detail>
            <NotAuthenticatedFault xsi:type="NotAuthenticated" xmlns="urn:vim25">
               <object type="SessionManager">SessionManager</object>
               <privilegeId>System.View</privilegeId>
            </NotAuthenticatedFault>
         </detail>
      </soapenv:Fault>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

I tried running methods from the JMX at:

https://10.1.1.3/mob/?moid=ha-eventmgr

and it is working.

Bu nothing worked through SOAPUI, I even tried reinstalling the ESXi and I still can't get the session cookie. What is needed in order to be able to send SOAP requests to the API?

Thanks,

Lyubo