6.5.1

vAPI Endpoint
The vAPI endpoint provides a single point of access to vAPI services. You can change the properties of the
vAPI Endpoint service.
Property Default Value Description
[default] endpoint maximum number
of execution threads
300 The maximum number of execution
threads for the vAPI endpoint.
[default] endpoint minimum number
of spare threads
10 The minimum number of threads that
are always kept alive for the vAPI
endpoint.
[default] endpoint queue size 50 The maximum number of tasks that
can queue up for the vAPI endpoint.
[router] Broadcast execution timeout 30 The duration after which vAPI
broadcast routing queries time out,
measured in seconds.
[router] Federated IS queries timeout 30 Timeout of federated inventory service
queries, measured in seconds.
[router] Maximum size of the in-
memory cache
10 The maximum size of the identier
cache that is used for routing vAPI
calls between management nodes.
Measured in megabytes.
[router] Number of broadcast timeout
threads
3 The number of threads that handle
vAPI broadcast time outs.
[router] Number of control threads for
federated IS queries
10 The number of threads that control the
federated Inventory Service queries for
vAPI routing.
[router] Number of execution threads
for federated IS queries
20 The number of threads that perform
the federated Inventory Service queries
for vAPI routing.
Bearer token usage allowance Enabled You can use Bearer SAML tokens in
addition to Holder of Key (HoK)
tokens.
Bearer tokens do not have
cryptographic verication of the client
identity. Their security is sucient
only when used over a secure
encrypted connection.
CloudVM Components authz,com.vmware.cis,com.vmware.c
ontent,
com.vmware.transfer,com.vmware.va
pi,com.vmware.vapi.rest.navigation,
com.vmware.vapi.vcenter,com.vmwa
re.vcenter.inventory
A comma-separated list of VMware
components that require the use of
identiers. Identiers must be
qualied with a management node ID.
The list must not contain spaces.
C Editing the list might result
in system failures. Edit this seing
only as part of VMware maintenance
procedure.
Cookie authentication Enabled Enables or disables cookie
authentication. If you enable the cookie
authentication, the session ID is
returned in cookie. If you disable it, the
cookie is returned in the header.
Credentials login allowance Enabled vAPI users can authenticate with a
user name and password in addition to
using a SAML token.
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