Generating x-hm authentication token for use with HCX APIs

Products

• VMware HCX

Issue/Introduction

This article is to help outline the process necessary to generate the x-hm authentication token in order to enable the use of HCX APIs

Environment

HCX Manager APIs

Resolution

Access the following URL: https://<hcx-FQDN>/hybridity/docs/index.html

• Select: "HCX Connector"
• Navigate to Platform (APIs to provide authentication, session and job information).
• Choose POST > /hybridity/api/sessions.
• Click "Try it out" 

Provide the username and password for this user (vCenter credentials).
and then "Execute."
 

Gather the x-hm-authorization from the response headers:

When you navigate to other APIs you can click authorize and paste the x-hm-authorization value there.

This will allow you to authorize the use of subsequent APIs.