Authentication

The VMware Identity Broker - vCenter Server supports the following methods to authenticate requests. Individual operations in the documentation will include their specific authentication types.

basic_auth

The HTTP Basic authentication scheme. The 'Authorization' header is formed using 'Basic ' + base64Encode(client_id + ':' + client_secret)

Scheme : basic

Type : http

admin

A Bearer token created from а OAuth 2.0 client. Different endpoints might have different requirements for specific scopes.

Bearer Format : JWT

Scheme : bearer

Type : http