Single Sign-On in the
vSphere Environment
A vCenter Single Sign-On client connects to
the vCenter Single Sign-On server to obtain a security token that contains
authentication claims required for operations in the vSphere environment. The
vCenter Single Sign-On client API supports operations to acquire, renew, and
validate tokens.
vCenter Single Sign-On Overview vCenter Single Sign-On Client API Issue , Renew , Validate , and Challenge requests. Acquiring a SAML Token from a vCenter Single Sign-On Server Issue method, which sends a SOAP message that contains a token request and authentication data. This section describes a token request that uses a certificate to obtain a holder-of-key token. When the client creates the token request, it also inserts timestamp, signature, and certificate data into the SOAP security header.vCenter Single Sign-On SOAP Message Structure vCenter Single Sign-On SDK ssoclient sub-directory: