Question: How To Enable SSH On ESXi 5.0

VMware ESXi 5.0 supports SSH for management tasks however it doesn’t come with SSH connection enabled by default, In order to use SSH and connect to your host via SSH you will need to enable the SSH service and open the SSH port in the built-in Firewall.

To Enable SSH and open the SSH port for incoming connection follow these steps.

Open Vsphere Client and select the host

Go to the Configuration Tab

Click on Security Profile

Click on Properties in top right corner

 

Select SSH and click on Options

Tick Start and stop with host, Click on Start and Click OK

Click on the Firewall Properties

Tick SSH and Click on Options

Tick Start and stop with host, Click on Start and Click OK

Make sure SSH is running and click ok.

Open SSH connection to the host


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