SSL Support for the VIM Protocol

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Web services use http transport which can also be transferred over SSL. The VIM protocol uses SSL by default, but it is possible to configure it without SSL usage.

Each server supporting the VIM protocol (vCenter server or ESX server) has its own SSL certificate. When connecting over SSL you should verify this certificate and accept it:

Import all certificates from the server into a truststore and verify upon each connection while rejecting those that are not present in the set of trusted certificates (this is the secure method).

Accept all certificates without verification (this is a less secure method).

Currently, DFM supports only one strategy (accept all certificates always).