Host Active Directory Authentication Import Certificate For CAM Task

Import the CAM server's certificate to the local store of vmwauth.

The certificate should have already been uploaded to ESXi file system.

Required privileges: Host.Config.AuthenticationStore

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostActiveDirectoryAuthentication/{moId}/ImportCertificateForCAM_Task

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 HostActiveDirectoryAuthentication/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

ImportCertificateForCAMRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "certPath": "string",
    "camServer": "string"
}

string

certPath

Required

full path of the certificate on ESXi

string

camServer

Required

IP of server providing the CAM service.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

FileNotFound: if the certificate file does not exist

InvalidCAMServer: if camServer is not a valid IP address

ActiveDirectoryFault: for any problem that is not handled with a more specific fault.

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

Host Active Directory Authentication Operations

POST

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