vRealize Orchestrator SSH Plugin only allows creating rsa and dsa keys

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

To Allow vRealize Orchestrator ssh plugin to generate SSH key with key type ecdsa

Symptoms:

• vRealize Orchestrator SSH Plugin in versions prior to 8.8.2 is limited to using rsa/dsa key types for passwordless ssh connections to a host.
• vRealize Orchestrator ssh plugin prior to version 8.8.2 does not supporting ecdsa key type. As a result it is not possible to create a passwordless SSH connection to an ESXi host version 7.x or higher

Environment

VMware vRealize Orchestrator 8.x

Cause

This is caused by an OpenSSH upgrade to version 8.8 to fix a security vulnerability. Further details of this change are contained in KB88055

Resolution

To resolve the issue upgrade vRealize Orchestrator to the 8.8.2 Release. This will allow the creation of ecdsa key type for use with Esxi 7.x and higher.