Guest Alias Manager List Guest Mapped Aliases

Lists the GuestMappedAliases in the guest that can be used for authentication of guest operations.

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/GuestAliasManager/{moId}/ListGuestMappedAliases

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case GuestAliasManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.

Request Body

ListGuestMappedAliasesRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "vm": {
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "auth": {
        "interactiveSession": false
    }
}

MoRefVirtualMachine

Required

Reference to an instance of the VirtualMachine managed object.

GuestAuthentication

auth

Required

GuestAuthentication is an abstract base class for authentication in the guest.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

Returns Array of GuestMappedAliases of type(s) application/json

[
    {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "base64Cert": "string",
        "username": "string",
        "subjects": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string"
            }
        ]
    }
]

500

GuestOperationsFault: if there is an error processing a guest operation.

GuestOperationsUnavailable: if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.

InvalidPowerState: if the VM is not powered on.

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.

TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.

GuestPermissionDenied: if there are insufficient permissions in the guest OS.

InvalidGuestLogin: if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.

GuestComponentsOutOfDate: if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.

OperationNotSupportedByGuest: if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.

OperationDisabledByGuest: if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

Guest Alias Manager Operations

POST

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