• Access to Nutanix Prism Central with API v3 enabled
• Valid Nutanix credentials
• PowerShell 5.1 or later installed
• Flexera Beacon installed and configured
• A designated folder for CSV output (for example, C:\Flexera\Integrations\Nutanix\Data)
• TLS 1.2 enabled on the system
• Firewall or proxy rules that allow outbound HTTPS to Flexera endpoints

PowerShell script

# Prism Central credentials and endpoint
$PrismIP = "<PrismCentralIP>"  # Replace with actual IP
$Username = "your_username"    # Replace with actual username
$Password = "your_password"    # Replace with actual password
$EncodedCreds = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("$Username:$Password"))

$Headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Basic $EncodedCreds"
    "Content-Type"  = "application/json"
    "Accept"        = "application/json"
}

# Request body to list VMs
$Body = @{
    kind = "vm"
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 3

# Disable SSL verification (optional, not recommended for production)
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}

# API call
try {
    $Response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://$PrismIP:9440/api/nutanix/v3/vms/list" `
                                   -Method Post `
                                   -Headers $Headers `
                                   -Body $Body

    if ($Response.entities) {
        $VMs = $Response.entities | ForEach-Object {
            $Spec = $_.spec
            $Meta = $_.metadata
            $Res  = $_.status.resources

            [PSCustomObject]@{
                VMName     = $Spec.name
                UUID       = $Meta.uuid
                PowerState = $Res.power_state
                MemoryGB   = [Math]::Round($Res.memory_size_mib / 1024, 2)
                vCPUs      = $Res.num_vcpus_per_socket * $Res.num_sockets
                IPs        = ($Res.nic_list | ForEach-Object {
                                $_.ip_endpoint_list.ip
                             }) -join ","
            }
        }

        # Export to CSV for Flexera Beacon
        $OutputPath = "C:\\Flexera\\Integrations\\Nutanix\\Data\\computer.csv"
        $VMs | Export-Csv -Path $OutputPath -NoTypeInformation
        Write-Host "VM data exported to $OutputPath"
    } else {
        Write-Warning "No VM entities returned."
    }
} catch {
    Write-Error "API call failed: $_"
}

Nutanix Intentful API (3.1.0) reference

Nutanix dev resources

The Nutanix Cloud Bible