pysphere VIServer connect method to different protocol, port

[patrick]

Hi, 

I would like to connect to vCenter using the http port 8080. Here's my sample code, but it's returning an error. I believe it's because of the "http://" part of the address. If I leave that off, pysphere assumes it's ssl and that doesn't work either. Is there a way to tell pysphere to use https or not? 

Thanks

with protocol as part of the vCenter address ....

from pysphere import VIServer

server = VIServer()

server.connect("http://192.168.0.104:8080", "root", "vmware")

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "test_pysphere.py", line 3, in <module>

    server.connect("http://192.168.0.104:8080", "root", "vmware")

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/pysphere/vi_server.py", line 85, in connect

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/pysphere/resources/VimService_services.py", line 2175, in RetrieveServiceContent

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/pysphere/ZSI/client.py", line 544, in Receive

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/pysphere/ZSI/client.py", line 429, in ReceiveSOAP

TypeError: Response is "text/html", not "text/xml"

without protocol hitting 8080 ...

from pysphere import VIServer

server = VIServer()

server.connect("192.168.0.104:8080", "root", "vmware")

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "test_pysphere.py", line 3, in <module>

    server.connect("192.168.0.104:8080", "root", "vmware")

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/pysphere/vi_server.py", line 85, in connect

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/pysphere/resources/VimService_services.py", line 2173, in RetrieveServiceContent

  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/pysphere/ZSI/client.py", line 296, in Send

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 1144, in connect

    self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock, self.key_file, self.cert_file)

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 344, in wrap_socket

    ciphers=ciphers)

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 121, in __init__

    self.do_handshake()

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 283, in do_handshake

    self._sslobj.do_handshake()

ssl.SSLError: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:499: error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol

[Seba]

Hi Patrik,

   Try with this URL instead: "http://192.168.0.104:8080/sdk", when providing just the IP address or hostname, pysphere looks the default localtion "https://[IP or HOSTNAME]:443/sdk". The webservice is in the "/sdk" resource (the root url is the HTML page from which you can download the VIClient tool) you were missing that.

Regards,

Seba.