vifptarget command for vi-fastpass initialization

The vifptarget command enables seamless authentication for remote vSphere CLI and vSphere SDK for Perl commands.

You can run this command to perform the following tasks:

■	Initialize vi-fastpass for the vSphere CLI and the vSphere SDK for Perl
■	Reset fastpass target
■	Display the initialized fastpass target

Usage

vifptarget 
--set | -s <server>
--clear | -c
--display | -d
--help | -h

Description

The vifptarget command enables seamless authentication for remote vSphere CLI and vSphere SDK for Perl commands.

You can establish multiple servers as target servers, and then call vifptarget once to initialize all servers for vi-fastpass authentication. You can then run commands against any target server without further authentication. You can use the --server option to specify the server to run commands on.

The vMA prompt displays the current default execution server. If you remove that default server, the server name is removed from the prompt but the vi-fastpass environment is not cleared and the vCLI commands can still run seamlessly against all the targets.

While hosts remain target servers across vMA reboot, you must run vifptarget after each log out to enable vi-fastpass for vSphere CLI and vSphere SDK for Perl commands.

Options

Options	Description
set	Initializes the fastpass target.
display	Displays the initialized fastpass target.
clear	Clears the vi-fastpass environment.
help	Display help for the command.

Example: Example

vifptarget --set | -s <server>

Initializes the fastpass target.

vifptarget --display | -d

Displays the initialized fastpass target.

vifptarget --clear | -c

Clears the vi-fastpass environment.