Authentication

The vSphere Automation API supports the following methods to authenticate requests. Individual operations in the documentation will include their specific authentication types.

basic_auth

Type : http

Scheme : basic

api_key_auth

Type : apiKey

Name : vmware-api-session-id

In : header

federated_identity_auth

If your vCenter Server is federated with an external identity provider, please see: VMware Identity Broker - vCenter Server Workflows.

Type : http

Description : If your vCenter Server is federated with an external identity provider, please see: [VMware Identity Broker - vCenter Server Workflows](https://techdocs.broadcom.com/bin/gethidpage?ux-context-string=api-sdk_1&appid=vcf-9-0&language=&format=rendered).

Scheme : bearer