topic Re: enable ssh from vSphere Client cli in VMware PowerCLI Discussions

enable ssh from vSphere Client cli

sunnychau — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:28:49 GMT

Is there any way to enable ssh (Start and stop with host) from command line remotely.

ie: snmp - can use vicfg-snmp.pl, how about ssh service ?

GUI way:

vSphere Client > Security Profile > Services section > SSH > Start and stop with host

LucD — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:57:34 GMT

Something like this

Get-VMHost -Name $esxName | Get-VMHostService |

where {$_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} |

Start-VMHostService -Confirm:$false

For a permanent solution have a look at Alan's post called PowerCLI: Technical Support Mode

kunaludapi — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:56:05 GMT

I am using vmware vsphere cli version 5.5

To check the status of service

esxcli.exe -s esxihost -u root -p password network firewall ruleset list -r

To change enabled state t =true and f= false in the last.

esxcli.exe -s esxihost -u root -p password network firewall ruleset set -r sshServer -e t

Regards,

LucD — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:58:35 GMT

Afaik that only opens the firewall for SSH

bhards4 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:45:00 GMT

Hi,

There is a great article written by Williams for starting and stopping the ssh services remotely.

Follow below link for more details.

Regards,

Sachin