change the line TMOUT=900 to the desired value.

Open /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh with an editor.

The timeout can be modified in /etc/profile.d/tmout.sh: The value is in seconds (900 seconds = 15 minutes): # echo $TMOUT

You can view the current configuration with echo $TMOUT. Disable or Increase Shell Session TimeoutĪs a security feature, you are automatically logged out after being inactive for 15 minutes. Please note that you can't use the Appliance Shell when you log in without your key. Now you should be able to connect to the vCSA with your key. Just add your key to the file by editing it with vi, or with echo/pipe: echo 'ssh-rsa AAAAB fgrehl' > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys The vCSA 6.7 already has a preconfigured authorized_keys file. If you are not familiar with SSH Public Key Authentication, read this post where I am explaining the basics. Public Key authentication is an authentication method that relies on a generated public/private key pair and enables the login without entering a password. When working with Linux you typically use SSH keys instead of passwords to log in. If you want to revert this change later and reactivate the Appliance Shell, change the default shell back to /bin/appliancesh: # chsh -s /bin/appliancesh root Public Key Authentication To be able to connect with WinSCP, the default shell has to be configured to /bin/bash: # chsh -s '/bin/bash' root Max supported packet site is 1024000 B.Ĭannot initialize SFTP Protocol.

When you use WinSCP to connect to the vCSA, the following error is displayed: To transfer files between your PC and the vCSA you typically use WinSCP or similar tools. This does not work out of the box because the default shell for the root user has been configured to Appliance Shell instead of Bash. To open the fully featured Bash, just type 'shell'. Web Client > Administration > Deployment > System Configuration > Nodes > vCenter > Manage > Settings > AccessĪfter connecting to the vCSA with SSH you see the proprietary Appliance Shell. I haven't found the option in the HTML5 Client yet. To enable SSH later you can either activate the service from the DCUI (Troubleshooting Options), from the Appliance Management or from the vSphere Web Client. SSH access to the vCenter Server Appliance is disabled by default but can be activated during the deployment wizard.

Reset vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 root passwordįor troubleshooting vCenter and ESXi hosts, SSH is essential.

Disable or Increase Shell Session Timeout.

The following tips and tricks might come handy when working with the vCenter Service Appliance 6.7: VMware is moving their vCenter Server from Windows to the Linux based Photon OS.

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