Login for a C# Web Services SDK Client

The client must obtain a SAML token from a vCenter Single Sign-On Server. See the vCenter Single Sign-On Programming Guide. This code fragment performs the following actions:

Procedure

1. Calls the LoginByTokenSample class method GetSecurityPolicyAssertionForHokToken (see Security Policies in a C# Web Services SDK Client) and adds the security policy to the VimService object.

   The VimService object contains the following data:

   • vCenter Server URL.
   • SAML token (stored in the security policy assertion).
   • X509 certificate (stored in the security policy assertion).
2. Calls the RetrieveServiceContent method. The method establishes the connection with the vCenter Server and provides access to the SessionManager managed object.
3. Calls the LoginByToken method. The .NET framework uses the security policy assertion to construct the login request. The response includes a session cookie.
4. Calls the LoginByTokenSample class method resetService to create a new VimService object. The session cookie is stored in the cookie container in the VimService object.

Example: Connection and Login

// Construct the security policy assertion
SecurityPolicyAssertion securityPolicyAssertion = null;
securityPolicyAssertion = GetSecurityPolicyAssertionForHokToken(xmlToken);

// Setting up the security policy for the request
Policy policySAML = new Policy();
policySAML.Assertions.Add(securityPolicyAssertion);

// Setting policy of the service
_service.SetPolicy(policySAML);

_sic = _service.RetrieveServiceContent(_svcRef);
if (_sic.sessionManager != null)
{
    _service.LoginByToken(_sic.sessionManager, null);
}
resetService();