Connect to vCenter Server Using PowerCLI

You can connect to vCenter Server using the OAuth2 security context.

Procedure

1. To generate an API token in VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud, navigate to https:// console.cloud-us-gov.vmware.com /csp/gateway/portal/#/user/tokens and click Generate Token URL.
2. Connect to VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud vCenter Server using PowerCLI, create variables:
   $govCloudVCenter = "vcenter.sddc-a-b-c-d.vmwarevmcgov.com"
3. Create a SAML Security Context from the OAuth2 Security Context from the previous step.
   $samlSecurityContext = New-VISamlSecurityContext -OAuthSecurityContext $oauthSecurityContext -VCenterServer $govCloudVCenter
4. Connect to VMware Cloud on AWS GovCloud vCenter Server.
   Connect-VIServer -Server $govCloudVCenter -SamlSecurityContext $samlSecurityContext
5. After a successful connection, run any vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets.