if we wanting to enable the SSH service on my ESXi hosts. we could use Host Profiles to enable it but when decided to PowerShell script .
you can use below powershell to enable SSH on all esxi host in cluster .
You will need to start the SSH service and set it to Start and Stop with Host:
And you will need to suppress the SSH is enabled warning message:
you can use below powershell to enable SSH on all esxi host in cluster
####################################################################### Start SSH Service, change Startup Policy, and Suppress SSH Warning #
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#Variables
$vCenter = "LABVC01.virtuallyboring.com"
$Cluster = "Nested ESXi Cluster"
### Start of Script
# Load VMware Cmdlet and connect to vCenter
Add-PSSnapin vmware.vimautomation.core
connect-viserver -server $vCenter
$VMHost = Get-Cluster -Name $Cluster | Get-VMhost
# Start SSH Server on a Cluster
ForEach ($VMhost in $Cluster){
Write-Host -ForegroundColor GREEN "Starting SSH Service on " -NoNewline
Write-Host -ForegroundColor YELLOW "$VMhost"
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostService | ? {($_.Key -eq "TSM-ssh") -and ($_.Running -eq $False)} | Start-VMHostService
}
# Change Startup Policy
ForEach ($VMhost in $Cluster){
Write-Host -ForegroundColor GREEN "Setting Startup Policy on " -NoNewline
Write-Host -ForegroundColor YELLOW "$VMhost"
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostService | where { $_.key -eq "TSM-SSH" } | Set-VMHostService -Policy "On" -Confirm:$false -ea 1
}
# Surpress SSH Warning
ForEach ($VMhost in $Cluster){
Write-Host -ForegroundColor GREEN "Setting UserVar to supress Shell warning on " -NoNewline
Write-Host -ForegroundColor YELLOW "$VMhost"
Get-VMhost | Get-AdvancedSetting | Where {$_.Name -eq "UserVars.SuppressShellWarning"} | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "1" -Confirm:$false
}
### End of Script
Paste the script in PowerShell ISE as we need to update a few variables:
- $vCenter: Enter your vCenter name of your vCenter name
- $Cluster: Enter the name of your Cluster
You are now ready to run this script .