PowerShell Core Example ZVM Authentication Script

ZVM_Authentication.ps1

#Requires -PSEdition Core

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# Update the variables below to conform to your environment
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$ZVM = "nczvm.nc.lab"
$Port = 9669 # This is the default, only update if you changed from the default port
$Username = "wcarroll@nc.lab"
$Password = "MySuperSecretPassword"

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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))

# 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"
    ResponseHeadersVariable = "responseHeaders"
    SkipCertificateCheck    = $True
}

# Send the request
Invoke-RestMethod @RequestParams

# Update our headers variable with the required authentication token
$Headers['x-zerto-session'] = $responseHeaders['x-zerto-session'][0]

# 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