Functions/Connect-vRAServer.psm1
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function Connect-vRAServer { <# .SYNOPSIS Connect to a vRA Server .DESCRIPTION Connect to a vRA Server and generate a connection object with Servername, Token etc .PARAMETER Server vRA Server to connect to .PARAMETER Tenant Tenant to connect to .PARAMETER Username Username to connect with .PARAMETER Password Password to connect with .PARAMETER Credential Credential object to connect with .PARAMETER IgnoreCertRequirements Ignore requirements to use fully signed certificates .INPUTS System.String Management.Automation.PSCredential Switch .OUTPUTS System.Management.Automation.PSObject. .EXAMPLE Connect-vRAServer -Server vraappliance01.domain.local -Tenant Tenant01 -Username TenantAdmin01 -Password P@ssword -IgnoreCertRequirements .EXAMPLE Connect-vRAServer -Server vraappliance01.domain.local -Tenant Tenant01 -Credential (Get-Credential) #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParametersetName="Username")][OutputType('System.Management.Automation.PSObject')] Param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [String]$Server, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [String]$Tenant, [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Username")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [String]$Username, [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Username")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [String]$Password, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Credential")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Management.Automation.PSCredential]$Credential, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [Switch]$IgnoreCertRequirements ) # --- Work with Untrusted Certificates if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("IgnoreCertRequirements")){ if ( -not ("TrustAllCertsPolicy" -as [type])) { Add-Type @" using System.Net; using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates; public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy { public bool CheckValidationResult( ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate, WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) { return true; } } "@ } [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy $SignedCertificates = $false } else { $SignedCertificates = $true } if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("Credential")){ $Username = $Credential.UserName $Password = $Credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password } try { # --- Create Invoke-RestMethod Parameters $JSON = @" { "username":"$($Username)", "password":"$($Password)", "tenant":"$($Tenant)" } "@ $Method = "POST" $URI = "https://$($Server)/identity/api/tokens" $Headers = @{ "Accept"="application/json"; "Content-Type" = "application/json"; } $Body = $JSON # --- Run vRA REST Request $Response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method $Method -Uri $URI -Headers $Headers -Body $Body -ErrorAction Stop # --- Create Output Object $Global:vRAConnection = [pscustomobject]@{ Server = "https://$($Server)" Token = $Response.id Tenant = $Tenant Username = $Username SignedCertificates = $SignedCertificates } } catch [Exception]{ throw } Write-Output $vRAConnection } |