VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Manage vSphere Native Key Providers
Last Updated December 16, 2024

You can use
HTTP requests
 to perform vSphere Native Key Provider management operations.
You can add, update, and remove vSphere Native Key Providers.
Some operations require you to specify parameters in the body of the HTTP request according to your environment. For details about the syntax of each HTTP request body, see the
API Reference
 documentation.
  1. Add a vSphere Native Key Provider
    by specifying the provider ID in the request body
    .
    POST https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/vcenter/crypto-manager/kms/providers
    The following request body contains example syntax.
    {
    "native_spec": {
    },
    "provider": Test_Provider
}
  2. Update a vSphere Native Key Provider
    by specifying the new provider configuration in the request body
    .
    PATCH https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/vcenter/crypto-manager/kms/providers/<provider>
  3. Remove a vSphere Native Key Provider.
    DELETE https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/vcenter/crypto-manager/kms/providers/<provider>

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