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JamesCrk's avatar
JamesCrk
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Oct 28, 2024

APM Portal access 401 error

Hi, I am trying to present vpshere web interface via F5 APM, page loads fine but after login it throws an error: [401] This request requires HTTP authentication

 

I get the same error if I load vpshere using the ip address rather than the fqdn, which I believe is due to a check of the fqn somewhere within vsphere, 

 

Is there anyway around this? I have other portals presented that work fine (different vendor) and a lot of other apps on there so need to be a bit careful as to not break anything else, I presume the answer will be to try and rewrite the url using an irule?

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  • Aswin_mk's avatar
    Aswin_mk
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    Oct 29, 2024

    Hello

    I hope vSphere might be using SAML or other token-based authentication, where the Issuer in the token validation requires the FQDN. If APM passes the request with a different hostname (like an IP), vSphere may reject the request. if it's not the case maybe as you told try to rewrite the profile :)

    BR
    Aswin