Fault - AuthenticationRequired(vmodl.fault.AuthenticationRequired)

Extends: RuntimeFault
See also: AuthenticationRequiredChallenge
Since: vmodl.version.version3

Fault Description

The AuthenticationRequired fault indicates that the client must authenticate or re-authenticate to access the requested resource.

This fault is thrown when:

No authentication credentials are provided in the request
The provided access token is invalid, expired, or revoked
The authentication scheme used is not supported
The request has malformed authentication parameters

When this fault occurs, clients should examine the authenticate challenges to determine the appropriate authentication method and parameters. The VI/JSON infrastructure automatically converts this fault into standard HTTP authentication responses with appropriate status codes (400, 401, 403) and WWW-Authenticate headers based on the challenge details.

For OAuth 2.0 Bearer token authentication, clients may need to:

Obtain a new access token if the current one is expired
Register full user claims with vCenter
Discover authentication endpoint from OpenID Connect Configuration

Properties

Name	Type	Description
authenticate	AuthenticationRequiredChallenge[]	Applicable to the request authentication schemes and their requirements.
Properties inherited from RuntimeFault
None
Properties inherited from MethodFault
faultCause, faultMessage

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AuthenticationRequired">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:RuntimeFault">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="authenticate" type="vim25:AuthenticationRequiredChallenge" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

vSphere Web Services API

Fault - AuthenticationRequired(vmodl.fault.AuthenticationRequired)

Fault Description