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  • 1.  how to set the sshd timeout in the esxi 8

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Nov 10, 2022 01:55 AM

    Dear All,

     

    In the vsphere 8 security, there is a new feature about the ssh service.

    SSH can be automatically disabled after a specified timeout on ESXi hosts?

    But how to set the timeout on the ESXI host?

     

    Thanks

     



  • 2.  RE: how to set the sshd timeout in the esxi 8

    Posted Nov 10, 2022 07:26 AM

    Hi,


    If I understand your question correctly the method to set the  SSH / ESXi Shell timeout it's always be the same, by changing the related advanced settings of an ESXi host via It's GUI or via DCUI as it was done before. 

    https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-8EA2F9A0-001B-436E-968C-ECB235D52E8C.html

     

    Anyway, what I "found" (in truth discovered nothing) in ESXi 8.0 as indeed in previous versions that "SSH and ESXi shell" are disabled by default and their timout values ​​are set to "zero" by default, so no timeout.

    https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-EF55F930-AC17-46EF-BF43-1DB2500F0734.html


    Regards,
    Ferdinando

    Edit: my post needed some corrections.