Adding vCenter to vMA with fastpass (fpauth) authentication

You can add vCenter Servers to vMA with the standard/default fastpass authentication (fpauth). vMA's fastpass authentication method provides a mechanism to cache the target server's credentials, on the vMA machine, so that you don't have authenticate every time you run a command against the target server.

How to do it…

The following procedure explains how to add the vCenter Server to the vMA by using fastpass Authentication.

1. Log in to the vMA console or SSH to it as the vi-admin user.

2. Issue the following command:

   vifp addserver <vCenter>  --authpolicy fpauth 
   

   Example:

   vifp addserver vcenter5x.vdescribed.com  --authpolicy fpauth
   

   

3. Issue the command vifp listservers to verify that the server has been added.

How it works…

Unlike AD authentication, the fastpass mechanism stores the username and password information in a local credential store.

The vi-admin credentials are stored in the following XML file:

/home/vi-admin/vmware/credstore...