Zerto Virtual Manager Authentication Example for Windows PowerShell

ZVM_Authentication.ps1

#Requires -PSEdition Desktop

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# This section is required if you are using the default self-signed certificate
# This next block of code will set the PowerShell session to trust all certificates
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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

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# Update the variables below to conform to your environment
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$ZVM = "ZVM FQDN or IP Address"
$Port = 9669 # This is the default, only update if you changed from the default port
$Username = "ENTER A USERNAME"
$Password = "ENTER YOUR PASSWORD" 

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# Nothing to Change below this point. 
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# Create a PSCredential Object to pass the credential information to the API
$Credential = [pscredential]::new($Username, ($Password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force))

# Create a BaseUri string to be used in future calls the the API
$BaseUri = "https://{0}:{1}/v1" -f $ZVM, $Port

# Specify the Authentication endpoint being used
$AuthUri = "{0}/session/add" -f $BaseUri

# Setup our required headers and request parameters
$Headers = @{ Accept = "application/json" }
$RequestParams = @{
    Uri                  = $AuthUri
    Headers              = $Headers
    Method               = "POST"
    Credential           = $Credential
    TimeoutSec           = 100
    ContentType          = "application/json"
}

# Send the request and store the response into a variable
$Response = Invoke-WebRequest @RequestParams

# Update our headers variable with the required authentication token
$Headers['x-zerto-session'] = $Response.Headers['x-zerto-session']

# Remove the 'credential' parameter as it is no longer needed
$RequestParams.Remove('Credential')

# Create a URI to test our authentication token setup
$LocalsiteUri = "{0}/localsite" -f $BaseUri

# Update the Request Parameters with the updated URI and New Method
$RequestParams['Uri'] = $LocalsiteUri
$RequestParams['Method'] = "GET"

# Send the updated request and get our localsite information
Invoke-RestMethod @RequestParams