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  • 1.  NSX-T Access with Postman

    Posted Jul 05, 2022 06:56 AM

    Hi all, 

    I notice the following problem while accessing the NSX-T API via Postman.

    I created an environment for the NSX-T controller. The values are:

    Username: xxx

    Password: xxx

    baseUrl: xxx

    When I access the Controller manually the values are working. If I try to make a request (for example):

    {{baseUrl}}/node/services/syslog/status

    and set the Authorization to Type "Inherit auth from parent" I got a status 403 forbidden. 

    But when I set the Type to Basic Auth with the same values, the request work. 

    Also another problem while using the LDAP password (authentication via VIDM):

    The request works only with the local username. 

    NSX-T Version: 3.1.2.1.2.18166854

    Any help?

    Kind Regards

    Udo 



  • 2.  RE: NSX-T Access with Postman

    Posted Jul 13, 2022 05:22 AM

    I don't know how postman works (I use the VS code REST client myself for quick api calls and testing), but in order to use session token authentication, you have to pass 2 headers with each call:

    X-XSRF-TOKEN: contains the x_xsrf_token from the session create request
    Cookie: contains the cookies_string from the session create request