Esxi Webservice Login Not Working

cubits — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:32:55 GMT

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

Re: Esxi Webservice Login Not Working

maksym007 — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 15:47:51 GMT

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?

Re: Esxi Webservice Login Not Working

doskiran — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:37:02 GMT

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>

Re: Esxi Webservice Login Not Working

cubits — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 08:44:39 GMT

It worked, thanks.

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