[libvirt-users] libvirt + ESX (HTTP response code 400 for call to 'Login')

[Hereward Cooper]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to connect to a vSphere cluster using the information from
the libvirt documentation.


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$ virsh -c
"vpx://root@10.51.4.11/dc1/dc1-cluster-e01/dc1-vsphere-e04/?no_verify=1"

Enter root's password for 10.51.4.11:
error: internal error HTTP response code 400 for call to 'Login'
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
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I seem to be able to establish a connection, but it fails with a "HTTP
code 400". If I provide the incorrect password it fails with a 'login
credentials' error, so it looks like I am getting a connection, but it's
failing for another reason.

Wireshark is no help as it's all done over SSL/TLS.

Any thoughts folks?

I've tried various versions of libvirt up to the newest.

When I put virsh into debug mode it returns this:

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[snip]
Enter root's password for 10.51.4.11:
15:19:09.011: debug : do_open:1249 : driver 3 ESX returned ERROR
15:19:09.011: debug : virUnrefConnect:294 : unref connection 0x98aa8f8 1
15:19:09.011: debug : virReleaseConnect:249 : release connection 0x98aa8f8
error: internal error HTTP response code 400 for call to 'Login'
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
I've watched the vmware hostd.log file whilst trying to login, and it
reports this error:
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And the VMware hostd.log file reports this:

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[2011-03-02 10:24:16.415 26AF8B90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req16870'] New proxy
client SSL(TCP(local=10.4.100.26:34001, peer=10.51.4.103:443))
[2011-03-02 10:24:16.430 26933B90 error 'SoapAdapter'] Client sent us an
invalid SOAP request: at line number 8, not well-formed (invalid token)
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Any thoughts appreciated.

Cheers.

Coops.