Request-VCFToken¶

Synopsis¶

Requests an authentication token from SDDC Manager.

Syntax¶

Request-VCFToken [-fqdn] <String> [[-username] <String>] [[-password] <String>] [-skipCertificateCheck] [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Request-VCFToken cmdlet connects to the specified SDDC Manager and requests API access and refresh tokens. It is required once per session before running all other cmdlets.

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Request-VCFToken -fqdn sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -username administrator@vsphere.local -password VMw@re1!

This example shows how to connect to SDDC Manager to request API access and refresh tokens.

Example 2¶

Request-VCFToken -fqdn sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -username admin@local -password VMw@re1!VMw@re1!

This example shows how to connect to SDDC Manager using local account admin@local.

Parameters¶

-fqdn¶

The fully qualified domain name or IP Address of the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-username¶

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-password¶

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-skipCertificateCheck¶

Switch to skip certificate check when connecting to the SDDC Manager instance.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.