vSphere Client 6.5 HTML5 - Generate a link to access to Summary page for a VM

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Hi guys!

I would like to generate a link in order to be able to access to "Summary" page of a VM.

I found this article from William Lam:

https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2013/09/how-to-generate-pre-authenticated-html5.html

but the William's function generate a link in order to access to the VM console.

In my case, I would like to access to Summary page where we can find "VM Hardware", "Related Objects", "Notes", ... sections.

Here an example of page I would like to access via the generated link:

I didn't find what I would. If someone found a blog, article or script that help me to generate this kind of link, it will be great!

I tried to look the function and what modify but I'm not an expert in powercli/powershell. :smileycry:

Can you help me? please

Informations:

vCenter 6.5

vSphere Client 6.5 - HTML5

I hope I was clear in my description. Don't hesitate to ask more information.

Thanks!

[VSnip · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Last week, I found the solution, I modified the William's script for my needs:

Function Get-VMConsoleURL {
<#
    .NOTES
    ===========================================================================
    .DESCRIPTION
  Generate a link that open the vSphere console for a specific VM
    .PARAMETER VMName
        The name of the VM
    .EXAMPLE
        Get-VMConsoleURL -VMName "Embedded-VCSA1"
#>
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$VMName
         )
    Function Get-SSLThumbprint {
        param(
        [Parameter(
            Position=0,
            Mandatory=$true,
            ValueFromPipeline=$true,
            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
        ]
        [Alias('FullName')]
        [String]$URL
        )
        add-type @"
            using System.Net;
            using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
                public class IDontCarePolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
                public IDontCarePolicy() {}
                public bool CheckValidationResult(
                    ServicePoint sPoint, X509Certificate cert,
                    WebRequest wRequest, int certProb) {
                    return true;
                }
                }
"@
        [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = new-object IDontCarePolicy
        # Need to connect using simple GET operation for this to work
        Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $URL -Method Get | Out-Null
        $ENDPOINT_REQUEST = [System.Net.Webrequest]::Create("$URL")
        $SSL_THUMBPRINT = $ENDPOINT_REQUEST.ServicePoint.Certificate.GetCertHashString()
        return $SSL_THUMBPRINT -replace '(..(?!$))','$1:'
    }
   $VM = Get-VM -Name $VMName
   $VMMoref = $VM.ExtensionData.MoRef.Value
   $VCInstasnceUUIDOriginal = $global:DefaultVIServer.InstanceUuid
   $VCInstasnceUUID = $VCInstasnceUUIDOriginal.ToUpper()
   $VCName = $global:DefaultVIServer.Name
   $SessionMgr = Get-View $DefaultViserver.ExtensionData.Content.SessionManager
   $Ticket = $SessionMgr.AcquireCloneTicket()
   $VCSSLThumbprint = Get-SSLThumbprint "https://$VCname"
   $URL = "https://$VCName/ui/#?extensionId=vsphere.core.inventory.serverObjectViewsExtension&objectId=urn:vmom..."
   $URL
$VM = Get-VM -Name $VMName
   $VMMoref = $VM.ExtensionData.MoRef.Value
   $VCInstasnceUUIDOriginal = $global:DefaultVIServer.InstanceUuid
   $VCInstasnceUUID = $VCInstasnceUUIDOriginal.ToUpper()
   $VCName = $global:DefaultVIServer.Name
   $SessionMgr = Get-View $DefaultViserver.ExtensionData.Content.SessionManager
   $Ticket = $SessionMgr.AcquireCloneTicket()
   $VCSSLThumbprint = Get-SSLThumbprint "https://$VCname"
   $URL = "https://$VCName/ui/#?extensionId=vsphere.core.inventory.serverObjectViewsExtension&objectId=urn:vmom..."
   $URL
}
}

I hope it will help you. 🙂