SSH keys - Private key location for ESXi?

[JaySMX]

After generating SSH RSA keys to allow password-less SSH from an ESXi5 host to another SSH server, where does the private key file belong? The default location is /root/.ssh, which does not exist under ESXi5.  Does it go into /.ssh?  Has anyone set this up on ESXi5 and know where the private key used for outgoing SSH sessions is stored?

[Virtualinfra · Accepted solution]

save them under here

/etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys

[Virtualinfra]

ESXi 5.x:

scp /etc/vcl/vcl.key.pub <ESXi host>:/etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys

• Test making an SSH connection using the key:

ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key <ESXi host>

[JaySMX]

That did the trick, thanks!