Private/Invoke-Login.ps1
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function Invoke-Login { <# .SYNOPSIS Authenticate against vCenter MOB .DESCRIPTION Authenticate against vCenter MOB and grab the vmware-session-nonce. This is then stored in the global VIPerms hashtable along with the session variable from the web request. #> try { $ProPref = $ProgressPreference $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue" if (!($Global:VIPerms.Server) -or ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($Global:VIPerms.Server)) -or !($Global:VIPerms.Credential) -or ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($Global:VIPerms.Credential))) { throw "Please authenticate using Connect-VIMobServer first!" } $Uri = ("https://$($Global:VIPerms.Server)/invsvc/mob3/?moid=authorizationService&" + "method=AuthorizationService.GetRoles") # Initial login to vSphere MOB to store session variable $Params = @{ Uri = $Uri SessionVariable = "MobSession" Credential = $Global:VIPerms.Credential Method = "GET" } $Res = Invoke-WebRequest @Params # Extract hidden vmware-session-nonce which must be included in future requests to prevent CSRF error # Credit to https://blog.netnerds.net/2013/07/use-powershell-to-keep-a-cookiejar-and-post-to-a-web-form/ for # parsing vmware-session-nonce via Powershell if ($Res.StatusCode -eq 200) { $null = $Res -match 'name="vmware-session-nonce" type="hidden" value="?([^\s^"]+)"' $Global:VIPerms.SessionNonce = $Matches[1] $Global:VIPerms.WebSession = $MobSession } else { throw "Failed to login to vSphere MOB" } $ProgressPreference = $ProPref } catch { $Err = $_ throw $Err } } |