Issue:
Attempting to SSH to PowerChute Network Shutdown Appliance and receive error message stating that connection has been refused.
Product Line:
PowerChute Network Shutdown Appliance for VMware
Environment:
PowerChute 4.x and 5.x VM running on VMware ESXi host.
Cause:
SSH is not running.
Solution:
Note: All commands are in Bold Italic
Log into the Appliance using VMware vSphere Client.
Check to see if SSH is running. The command is
systemctl status sshd
If the service is not running run this command
systemctl start sshd
If you would like the service to start automatically with the VM enter the command
systemctl enable sshd
Attempting to SSH to PowerChute Network Shutdown Appliance and receive error message stating that connection has been refused.
Product Line:
PowerChute Network Shutdown Appliance for VMware
Environment:
PowerChute 4.x and 5.x VM running on VMware ESXi host.
Cause:
SSH is not running.
Solution:
Note: All commands are in Bold Italic
Log into the Appliance using VMware vSphere Client.
Check to see if SSH is running. The command is
systemctl status sshd
If the service is not running run this command
systemctl start sshd
If you would like the service to start automatically with the VM enter the command
systemctl enable sshd