Java Example of
Creating a
vSphere
Automation API Session with User Credentials
vSphere
Automation
API Session with User CredentialsThis example is
based on the code in the
VapiAuthenticationHelper.java
sample.
This example uses the steps that are
described in the
Create a vSphere Automation Session with User Credentials
procedure
For a complete and
up-to-date version of the sample code, see the
vSphere
Automation SDK Java samples at GitHub.
... this.stubFactory = createApiStubFactory(server, httpConfig); // Create a security context for username/password authentication SecurityContext securityContext = SecurityContextFactory.createUserPassSecurityContext( username, password.toCharArray()); // Create a stub configuration with username/password security context StubConfiguration stubConfig = new StubConfiguration(securityContext); // Create a session stub using the stub configuration. Session session = this.stubFactory.createStub(Session.class, stubConfig); // Login and create a session char[] sessionId = session.create(); // Initialize a session security context from the generated session id SessionSecurityContext sessionSecurityContext = new SessionSecurityContext(sessionId); // Update the stub configuration to use the session id stubConfig.setSecurityContext(sessionSecurityContext); /* * Create a stub for the session service using the authenticated * session */ this.sessionSvc = this.stubFactory.createStub(Session.class, stubConfig); VM vmService = this.stubFactory.createStub(VM.class, stubConfig);