1. Types
  2. esx
  3. authentication
  4. trust
  5. security token issuers

esx authentication trust security token issuers: info

The info structure contains information about an existing security token issuer trust.

The structure includes an issuer and a list of token signing certificate chains.

Representation:

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

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
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