Activate or Deactivate Secure Shell on a
VMware Aria Operations
Node

You can activate Secure Shell (SSH) on a

VMware Aria Operations

node for troubleshooting. For example, to troubleshoot a server, you might require console access to the server through SSH. Deactivated SSH on a

VMware Aria Operations

node for normal operation.

Access the console of the

VMware Aria Operations

node from

vCenter

Select Login and press

Enter

to access the login prompt and then log in.

Run the

#systemctl is-enabled sshd

command.

If the sshd service is deactivated, run the

#systemctl enable sshd

command.

Run the

# systemctl start sshd

command to start the sshd service.

Run the

# systemctl stop sshd

command to stop the sshd service.

You can also activate or deactivate Secure Shell from the

SSH Status

column of the

VMware Aria Operations

administration interface.

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