New-VISamlSecurityContext

Creates an SAML2 security context object that can be used to authenticate a user with any VMware vCenter Server services.For more information about security contexts, see the about_security_context (about_security_context.html)article.This command would authenticate the user who works with OAuth2 security context from an authentication server that the vCenter Server instance is configured to trust.

Syntax

-OAuthSecurityContext  <OAuth2SecurityContext>
-VCenterServer  <String>
[-IgnoreSslValidationErrors]
[-Port  <Int32>]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
OAuthSecurityContext
OAuth2SecurityContext named
  • pipeline
  • Specifies the OAuth2 security context from an authentication server that the vCenter Server instance is configured to trust.
    required
    VCenterServer
    String named Specifies the IP address or the DNS name of the vSphere server that authenticates the user.
    optional
    IgnoreSslValidationErrors
    SwitchParameter named If specified, any errors with the SSL certificate of the server will be ignored.
    optional
    Port
    Int32 named Specifies the port where the vCenter vAPI Endpoint is listening on. The default is 443.

    Output

    VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VISamlSecurityContext

    Examples


    Example 1

    $oauthCtx = New-VcsOAuthSecurityContext -ApiToken "a3f35067-80b5-44f0-a0bc-e19f2bc17fb7"
    $samlCtx = New-VISamlSecurityContext -VCenterServer "Server" -OAuthSecurityContext $oauthCtx

    Creates an SAML2 security context object by authenticating the user with an OAuth2 security context from the VMware Cloud Services authentication server. This SAML2 security context can be used to authenticate the user to any vCenter Server services running in the VMware Cloud on AWS.

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