PowerShell Plugin and HTTPS domain credentials

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• plugins scripted, native assistants and HTTP cookies

  I'm developing a plugin script for a family of network devices. After getting it working mainly, I make an effort to refactor in order to follow the instructions of the user interface. It's pretty simple and I am happy with the guide because it makes it easy to make a plugin appear native, but I'm having some trouble to make parts of the plugin converted assistants rather than forms of display in the main window.

  The two problems are essentially:

  1. Launch of a new window in a plugin script seems not "native" - it's just a new IE window. I tried to open a new window by Javascript as well as targeting "_new" to an anchor point, and both behave the same way.

  2. HTTP cookies in the browser instance integrated into the client vSphere for my plugin are not sent to the app server when a new window opens. I checked with tcpdump - I see http cookies when the request comes from the vSphere client, but as soon as a new window is created, the cookies are not present.

  I suspect that these two problems can either be resolved with a solution or that none will be possible.

  I use cookies for several reasons:

  1. query string variables is passed to the plugin the vSphere client are sent only on request initiated from the client to the plugin. If I want to keep any of this information for the following requests that come from the plugin, not the vSphere client, I pass somehow - and cookies makes the most sense, so I don't have to mess with the fields of hidden form or URL rewriting in anchors.

  2. the plugin requires additional authentication. Not all users need to get unfettered access to the devices managed by the plugin and I authenticate users - so after I do that, I hide an authentication token in a cookie.

  I am not forced to use cookies, so I'm open to suggestions for another way to do what I'm trying to do better. I suspect (but not confirmed) that because cookies are not defined, basic HTTP authentication would fail in a similar way as both simplify attached to the session http request headers. Strongly, I would prefer not to have to encode and transmit everything under query string parameters.

  So, here are my two questions:

  1. How a plugin script can launch a 'native' window to display a wizard when the source of the new window is the plugin itself and not a point of extension?

  2. How a plugin script can pass data between the parties, integrated within the main window of the vSphere client and a new window for a dialogue or an Assistant?

  See you soon!

  I don't think you can do much about the IE window.  It's kind of the nature of the beast.

  Instead of cookies, why not use the session ID?  It will be current session ID your in the vCenter and would make a key for a database (either MySQL, Perl Sessions, etc.).  You can store your additional values under this key.  You will need to create logic on your web server, but it will correct the dependence of cookie.

  What type of additional authentication are you talking about?  Your plugin is talking to another SOAP/REST instance to manage network devices?  I think the session of treatment for server-side the sessionId vCenter would be your best bet.

• vCLI and domain credentials

  This forum is extremely buried so I'm not sure how active it is, but I went through the vCLI reference guide trying to find a way to run vicfg - backup.pl with domain credentials.  From my understanding, I can use a session file or a file of config to simply the process of connection.  I found the config file but not the session file, but I am only able to use accounts the on the esx server.  I guess I have to first connect to the vCenter server, and then from there, connect to an ESX Server, but I'm not sure.  Everything that works it's cool with me.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  -Gunnar

  No session file does not store the credentials.  It contains only the session cookie and the session is timeout after a certain time.

• Intermittent connection problems migrate SIDHistory and new domain

  Hi all

  Wondering if anyone ahs met it. We have migrated the users and workstations of an old domain (domain A) and included their old sid in the SID History attribute for access to resources. We have also double ACL'd users and groups into action (just in case SID History has failed).

  Once done with the migration, we have added a GPO security policy in the new domain (domain B) to deny local logon to the Domain (domain A) domain users group old. That would give us enough time to finish with server migration while ensuring that users do not connect you with their old domain credentials.

  What's happening at random, from time to time is that a user in the new domain will receive a logon denied error. The error indicates "you cannot connect because the method of login, you use is not allowed on this computer. For more information, contact your network administrator.

  The only reason why I think that the new users in the domain are denied would be SID History, but am not sure. Anyone know why this is happening?

  

  Hello

  Post your question in the TechNet Server Forums, as your question kindly is beyond the scope of these Forums.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/WindowsServer/en-us/home?category=WindowsServer

  See you soon.

• esxcli of vCO using PowerShell plugin

  Hello

  I tried to come up with a workflow to run esxicli on an ESXi host commands, I am aware of the different solutions out there including one that uses the vMA as an SSH server, but I would like to give it a try with the plugin from PowerShell. So far, I can connect the vCenter, get the crowd and not even the subject of esxcli by using different examples already on the PowerShell plugin library.

  But my problem is that after I get the object esxcli is on the PowerShellRemotePSObject format and I don't know how to work with it.

  var sess;
  try {
    sess = host.openSession()
    sess.addCommandFromString("Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction  SilentlyContinue");
    var invResult = sess.invokePipeline();
    //Show result
    System.log( invResult.getHostOutput() );
    sess.addCommandFromString('Connect-VIServer '+vcenter+' -User user@domain -Password "passw0rd" -Force');
    var invResult = sess.invokePipeline();
    //Show result
    System.log( invResult.getHostOutput() );
    // Get PowerShellRemotePSObject
    sess.addCommandFromString('Get-VMHost -Name '+esxi+' -Server '+vcenter);
    var invResult = sess.invokePipeline();
    //Show result
    System.log( invResult.getHostOutput() );
    var psObject = invResult.getResults();
    if (invResult.invocationState  == 'Failed'){
    System.error(invResult.getErrors());
    }
    else {
    var cmd = sess.addCommandFromString('Get-EsxCli')
    cmd.addParameter('Server', vcenter);
    cmd.addParameter('VMHost', psObject);
    var sessionId = sess.getSessionId();
    var esxcli = System.getModule("com.vmware.library.powershell").invokeCommand(host,sessionId);
    System.log(esxcli);
    }
  
  
  } catch ( ex ) {
    System.log (ex);
  } finally {
    if (sess) {
    host.closeSession( sess.getSessionId());
    }
  }
  
  
  

  The esxcli object is accessible as $esxcli.software.vib.list () in PowerShell I don't know how to use the PowerShellPSObject to access information or execute methods on it.

  Any help is appreciated.

  Thank you

  Juan.

  Hi Juan,

  I'm not sure you can call methods from PowerShellPsObjects returned by VCO.  In the meantime, they were serialzed in XML format from the PowerShell script then resérialisé in VCO.  I'm sure that you lose all methods when this happens.

  What I've done for similar purposes, use the WF model who calls a PowerShell script externally.  I put all my my logical calls and method in the external PoSH script and at the end pass back the final results to the VCO.  I'm much better with PoSH as VCO, so I put as much intelligence in the PoSH as possible.

• vCO PowerShell plugin access is denied

  Hello

  Can someone please help with a problem I'm having with vCO and the PowerShell plug-in?  I have correctly installed the plugin for the vCO PowerShell and added/checked one PS via WinRM/HTTPS/Kerberos host, configured with "Session by the user.  (I also tried "Shared Session").

  I can run scripts of PS based on this host in a workflow of vCO, as "Write-Output"... «, 'Get-ChildItem...' ", etc., and it returns the results in the workflow log.  However, if I try to run whatever it is more advanced as PowerCLI or external commands such as 'dnscmd' to create a host A record, it gives the error "failed command: ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED 5 0x5.  I ran 'whoami' leave in a script called by the PS plugin vCO and it shows the good user who has permission to run the commands.

  I ran the command locally on the host of PS using the same user account, and it completes successfully.

  Thank you, Richard

  I was able to get it this way.

  We use the vCO 5.1 device, so I have a host of windows power shell and winrm service has been activated. I configure kerberos authentication. Try to run the powershell script that is running dnscmd. So this script was running fine when we run manually, but of vCO fail with access denied.

  I made a few changes in my powershell script that helped me get through this.

  ~ CredSSP activated in the powershell hosts winrm service

  ~ In my script powershell creates a new session on the local host, even

  $session = New-PSSession-Credential $credential - authentication Credssp - ComputerName localhost

  Invoke-Command - Session $session - ScriptBlock {#Your dnscmd automation}

  ~ Its vCO as a powershell script to call in my powershell host and in the script I am session to the same machine creation and execution of my orders of dnscmd.

  ~ With this I have not any access denied exceptions. Was able to add/delete DNS records.

  Probably, there could be different ways of doing this. But it helped me.

• Cannot connect to VCENTER using domain credentials, authorize the exception

  Hi guys,.

  I am running version 5.1 vcenter and my esxi servers are also in 5.1.
  Now, obviously the vcenter server is joined to the domain.

  As we modernize the entire infrastructure, the old DC must be dismantled and from where it is currently shutdown. All roles FSMO etc. have been transferred to the new domain controller and the new domain controller is acting as DNS/DHCP server for the network.

  We have 50 PCs running in the network with server etc and so far no sign of any glitches everywhere else

  
  Now, the question I have is as soon as I stop the old DC, I can no longer access the VCENTER server by using domain credentials. When I turn it on I can connect properly.
  The error I get when I can not connect-

  1. a general error has occurred: Exception allow or
  2. access to the VCENTER server refused.
  3 taking too long to respond.

  I followed the steps here http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1015639 i.e. unjoined vcenter server domain and joined to the domain while having the former DC stop well lit but absolutely no chance.

  I can still connect to local server VCENTER login admin and password but the problem is that my VEEAM backup has failed as well. It is said "task impossible error: cannot complete the connection due to a wrong username or password." which is the reason that I discovered this problem was associated with login via client Vsphere VCENTER.

  Kindly help

  Maybe it's: http://adminotes.blogspot.be/2012/12/vsphere-general-system-error-occurred.html

  Can help you along... Seems they had the same problem on an old DC...

  Although maybe you tried all these things already.

• What is the mozilla firefox update Shockwave Flash plugin AND what is the latest version of Adobe Flash Player?

  After update of mozilla firefox and come here to help another user pointed out that I had several Flash plugins below. Before updating, I was updating from mozilla firefox and Adobe. Of course, things were NOT up-to-date. I managed to delete the obsolete Flash and Adobe Flash Player plugins. I just want to know what that "more" updated the plugin and the player are while I know that I have the last and am new. I do the last firefox update now and I use Windows 7. Thank you! You people here are the best!

  Note that your system details list shows several Flash plugins.

     Shockwave Flash 14.0 r0
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  The plugin for Firefox is called Shockwave Flash and the latest version is 17.0.0.188

  When it installs, Flash by default to update automatically, but if you need to manually update, you can use one of these pages:

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  • https://www.Adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html (one for the browsers 'plugin')

• BeFun.be videos won't play plugin a necessary - what? Tried to download microsoft media for Firefox plugin and it won't install (appear in the list of plugin)

  The BigFun.be site video requires a plugin. Which plugin? I tried to download the video player of Microsoft for Firefox 1.0.0.8 and it don't take or show up in plugins.

  There has been an evolution where Firefox search plugins and the plugins folder in the Firefox program folder is scanned is more plugins, so Firefox will find them more if they are installed in the plugins folder instead of the folder 'browser\plugins', which analyses the Firefox now.

  You can set the pref plugins.load_appdir_plugins true on the subject: config page to parse the directory '< install > /plugins/' for plugins like the WMP plugin (np - mswmp.dll) Firefox.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/Windows-Media-or-other-plugins-stopped-working

• All plugins and addons disabled but still a problem of Flash?

  What can I do next?
  I have Windows 7 64-bit, FireFox 13.0.1 all Plugins and Addons are deactivated. I downloaded the latest Flash which States it installed correctly, but it did not show the Adobe box at the beginning of the spinning, and no Flash pages don't work. Everything is ok in Solution Explorer.

  The Flash plugin is visible on the topic: plugins page?

  See also:

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• I deleted the Flash plugin and now I can't install it again

  Hello, I deleted the Flash plugin, and now I can't install it again. I reinstalled Firefox (deleted all the folder Program files and Application data folder), but it did not help.

  Flash is not in the folder files Firefox or Firefox Applications programs. This and many other Plugins (not Extensions) are "installed" / pointed to by the Windows registry and the real files are in other locations on your hard drive.

  Have you tried to uninstall all THE Adobe Flash from your system and start over?

  1. This will remove all THE Flash of your system - Firefox, IE, all other browsers
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     • Download uninstaller for 32-bit. Firefox is a 32-bit application and requires the 32-bit version of Flash
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  My only suggestion would be to try some of the suggestions on the Adobe site: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html

  If this answer solved your problem, please click 'Solved It' next to this response when connected to the forum.

• Has anyone with XP, svc pk 3 downloaded new updates to the Java plugin and if so, is FF works fine afterwards?

  No matter who else I wondered about this? Someone else with w/32-bit XP, downloaded the new update Java in plugins and you're running OK?

  I want to update my Java plugin, but wait and see if others with XP, 32 bit have updated and how it works for them.

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  Works fine for me. See this: http://java.com/en/

• plugin and not charging question

  Hello

  I have a Pavilion laptop, G6. A few times when I reboot, it said plugin and not charging. How can I solve this?
  
  And I replaced motherboard laptop computer 3 days ago. I want to know if the battery issue, it will affect the damage to the motherboard or not?

  and the HP battery check shows it. I tried the solutions that show in the window, but not the case.

  

  Dear customer,

  Welcome to the Forum from the HP Support

  She tooks like you want to know how to fix "Plugged In not charging" problem with your laptop

  1. it is not advisable to use the laptop with a defective battery, because it becomes worse

  2. you're right! There is a good chance that the faulty battery could affect the system too

  3. Please replace the battery of your laptop with a new

  Note: at least try to use a different battery if you subsequently purchase new battery

  With this, I send you also a few links for your better understanding on the use of the battery:

  http://blogs.which.co.UK/technology/laptops-2/top-5-laptop-battery-myths-which-did-you-believe/

  http://tinyurl.com/qar66a5

  http://tinyurl.com/pylfolf

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• What are the differences between the services and site domain group policy and group policy?

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