Solved: Re: Is it possible to Telnet to a VMA server

kzn · ‎06-13-2012

I have spent days trying to find out if there is a way to telnet to a vma server. Is this possilble? any help appreciated thanks.

pkirklewski · ‎06-13-2012

1. Follow this to enable the root account: http://enterpriseadmins.org/blog/virtualization/enabling-the-root-user-on-vma-4-1/

2. touch CentOS-Base.repo

3. Copy and paste this into the file:

[base]
name=CentOS-5 - Base
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

[update]
name=CentOS-5 - Updates
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

4. Then run: yum -y update ( and go for a long walk )

5. yum -y install telnet telnet-server

6. vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet

disable = no

7.

chkconfig telnet on
chkconfig xinetd on
service xinetd restart

service iptables stop

Try to connect

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pkirklewski · ‎06-13-2012

Why would you like to telnet to the vMA ?

You can ssh to vMA for sure:

1. Grab putty from the internet

2. Figure out the ipaddress of your vMA (ifconfig eth0)

3. Connect to your vMA using putty and your IP address

Warmest regards,

Peter

kzn · ‎06-13-2012

We have recently purchased server room monitoring equipment, it has the ability to send telnet commands to Linux systems. We have a ups in place with the addons to shutdown the environment in the event of a power failure and this new bit of kit has the ability to monitor temperatures. So should the aircon fail for some reason it can execute a script on a linux system (but only uses telnet). So I would like it to connect to the vma and issue a shut down of the datacenter. My other thought is to setup a stand alone system to handle this? I am running blind at the moment and dont really know what the best solution is. Many thanks,

pkirklewski · ‎06-13-2012