Managing vSphere Native Key ProviderLast Updated December 16, 2024
You can use the
vSphere
Automation
SDK
to perform VMware vSphere®Native Key Provider™ operations. In vSphere 7.0 Update 2 and later, you can
use the built-in vSphere Native Key Provider to enable encryption technologies, such as
virtual TPMs (vTPM).
vSphere Native Key Provider is included in
all vSphere editions and does not require an external key server (also called a Key
Management Server (KMS) in the industry). You can also use vSphere Native Key Provider
for vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption, but you must purchase the VMware
vSphere®Enterprise Plus Edition™.
For details about vSphere Native Key Provider, see the
vSphere Security
documentation. The procedures
in this chapter are based on the Java API. For details, see the
vSphere Automation Java API
Reference
.