Enable SSH on ESXi

  2009-01-09      93 words, 1 minutes

• esxi
• ssh
• vmware

VMware ESXi is nice because it is a stripped free version on ESX. The problem is that the only way to manage it is from the VMware .NET GUI. Unless…

On the ESXi console :

• Hit Alt-F1;
• Enter unsupported (nothing will appear on the screen) then “Enter”;
• Enter the superuser password ;
• Run the vi /etc/inetd.conf command and find the “SSH” related line.
• Uncomment the line and save the changes.

Restart the ESXi server pour apply changes.

Now you should be able to remotely connect to the ESXi server using the SSH protocol.