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vCenter Server Identity Federation with Pocket ID

04.02.2025 by William Lam // Leave a Comment

Having explored various OIDC identity providers, including Authentik, KeyCloak and Synology SSO, I recently came across Pocket ID, a super basic OIDC provider. Instead of using traditional username and passwords, Pocket ID only supports passkeys authentication based on the WebAuthn standard, which means you can login to your vCenter Server or VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environment using a physical device like a Yubico YubiKey or Apple Face ID.


Disclaimer: Pocket ID is not an officially supported vCenter Server IdP, please use at your own risk.

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Categories // VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere, vSphere 8.0 Tags // Identity Provider, OAuth, OIDC, Pocket ID, vCenter Server, VCSA, WebAuthn

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