#VCENTER 6.5 ENABLE SSH PASSWORD#

Public Key authentication is an authentication method that relies on a generated public/private key pair and enables the login without entering a password. When working with Linux you typically use SSH keys instead of passwords to log in. If you want to revert this change later and reactivate the Appliance Shell, change the default shell back to /bin/appliancesh: #В chsh -s /bin/appliancesh root Public Key Authentication To be able to connect with WinSCP, the default shell has to be configured to /bin/bash: # chsh -s '/bin/bash' root Max supported packet site is 1024000 B.Д¬annot initialize SFTP Protocol. When you use WinSCP to connect to the vCSA, the following error is displayed: To transfer files between your PC and the vCSA you typically use WinSCP or similar tools.В This does not work out of the box because the default shell for the root user has been configured to Appliance Shell instead of Bash. It's no longer required to enable the shell like you might know it from vCSA 6.0. To open the fully featured Bash, just type 'shell'. To enable SSH later you can either enable it from the DCUI (Troubleshooting Options) or from the vSphere Web Client:ДЄdministration > System Configuration > Nodes > vCenter > Manage > Settings > AccessДЄfter connectingВ to the vCSA with SSH you see the proprietary Appliance Shell. You can enable SSH access to the vCenter Server Appliance during the deployment wizard.

#VCENTER 6.5 ENABLE SSH PASSWORD#

Reset vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 root password.Disable or Increase Shell Session Timeout.The following tips and tricks might come handy when working with the vCenter Service Appliance 6.5:

Vcenter 6.5 enable ssh