Cannot connect to ESXi Target for Assessment

Problem

Solution

The connection string CIS uses for ESXi Assessments is validated as an anyURI. This is likely why the connection will work when Testing the Connection via the GUI, but fails to execute the actual scan. The reason for this may come down to the Password being used into ESXi string. This is the example provided in the VMware ESXi Assessment | CIS-CAT Pro Assessor v4 User Guide root/qu3rty@192.168.41.60

 anyURI has the following rules about it:

Invalid values for anyURI examples:

• http://datypic.com#frag1#frag2 -  too many # characters

• http://datypic.com#f% - rag  -  % character followed by something other than two hexadecimal digits

The above and more can be found at: http://www.datypic.com/sc/xsd/t-xsd_anyURI.html

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