Authorization

Authorization

The vSphere Automation API supports the following methods to authenticate or authorize requests. Individual operations in the documentation will include their specific authentication/authorization types.


basic_auth


Type : http
Scheme : basic

api_key_auth


Type : apiKey
Name : vmware-api-session-id
In : header

federated_identity_auth


If your vCenter Server is federated with an external identity provider, please see: VMware Identity Broker - vCenter Server Workflows.


Type : http
Scheme : bearer