REST API - get

esx authentication trust security token issuers: get

Get the details of a security token issuer.

Request:

HTTP request

GET https://{server}/api/esx/authentication/trust/security-token-issuers/{issuerAlias}

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Response Body Structure:

{
    "signing_cert_chains" : [
        {
            "cert_chain" : [
                "string",
                "string"
            ]
        },
        {
            "cert_chain" : [
                "string",
                "string"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "issuer" : "string"
}

Headers:

None

Type:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
-	info	Details of the security token issuer trust.
-.issuer	string	Who created and signed the security token. A unique string used by the security token issuer and added to all tokens. It must match the issuer field in the security token. For example: vCenter SAML issuer: https://vsphere1.example.com/websso/SAML2/Metadata/vsphere.local vCenter JWT issuer: https://vsphere2.example.com/openidconnect/vsphere.local
-.signing_cert_chains	x509_cert_chain[]	Token signing certificate chains. These certificate chains are used only for verifying existing tokens and not for issuing new tokens on behalf of the external security token issuer.
-.signing_cert_chains[].cert_chain	string[]	Certificate chain in base64 format

Errors:

HTTP Status Code	Type	Description
404	not_found	if there is no security token issuer trust for the alias.
500	error	if there is a problem accessing the stored data.
401	unauthenticated	if the user can not be authenticated.