SSH ESXi Command line

[arcticeye]

Good morning,

I've been trying to use the Esxi command line by ssh but It doesn't recognize most of the commands I type. For example: mount. My question is: Which commands are available to use? I need to use basic admin ops for example: mount units (usb, network), install applications, etc.

Kind Regards,

Matias

[nielse]

You have to work via esxcli or the vsphere client to install applications, configure the network on VMnic's and mount NFS/iSCSI/FC datastores.

ESXi is running on BusyBox, a very light SSH bash environment.

[arcticeye]

Yep, I see that Niels. just doing ls /usr/bin I see a few. And mosts commands are managed throw the VSphere.

So you cannot install new applications, true?

Thanks again,

Matias

[nielse]

3rd party software can be installed by using the vSphere client or using esxcli and the correct VIB.

I am not sure which type of software you are looking for to install?

[arcticeye]

As I had problems with NFS i wanted to install Samba for SMB. But now i'm able to work fine with the tip I wrote in the other thread..So by now no problem.

Would it be possible to install samba? which command you use?

[nielse]

First of all this isn't supported. If you run into problems VMware support will not assist you so I would highly suggest against trying this. I haven't tried this since I work with NFS, iSCSI and FC. I doubt this is possible.

[arcticeye]

Great. No problem. Guess it's not necessary.

Cheers,

😃

Matias