vCenter Single Sign-On Programming Guide describes how to use the VMware® vCenter Single Sign-On API.
VMware provides different APIs and SDKs for different applications and goals. The vCenter Single Sign-On SDK supports the development of vCenter clients that use SAML token authentication for access to vSphere environments.
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Revision History
This book is revised with each release of the product or when necessary. A revised version can contain minor or major changes. The Revision History table summarizes the significant changes in each version of this book.
| Revision Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 07 NOV 2022 | Minor clean-up work. |
| 06 OCT 2020 | Update for the vSphere 7.0 Update 1 release. |
| 02 APR 2020 | Update for the vSphere 7.0 release. |
| 17Apr2018 | Updates for the vSphere 6.7 release. |
| 15Nov2016 | vSphere 6.5 release; vCenter Single Sign-On V2.0. Updated information about session creation sequence. |
| 12Mar2015 | vSphere 6.0 release; vCenter Single Sign-On V2.0. Updated Chapter 6, “LoginByToken Example (JAX-WS),” to reflect the change in session logic. Updated the STS Service specification in the SSO server URL. |
| 19Sep2013 | vSphere 5.5 release; vCenter Single Sign-On V2.0. Added documentation for C# (.NET) samples. |
| 08Nov2012 | vCenter Single Sign-On SDK V1.0 documentation update – changed SOAP envelope description to identify SSL/TLS (Transport Layer Security) correctly. |
| 10Sep2012 | vCenter Single Sign-On SDK V1.0 documentation. |
Intended Audience
This book is intended for anyone who needs to develop applications using the vCenter Single Sign-On SDK. An understanding of Web Services technology and some programming background in one of the stub languages (Java or C#) is required.
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