SSH Service Disabled After Usage Meter Appliance Restart
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SSH Service Disabled After Usage Meter Appliance Restart

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Article ID: 404787

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Products

VMware Usage Meter

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to SSH to the Usage Meter appliance, a "Network error: connection refused" error is encountered. This issue occurs after every appliance restart, including those triggered by cert replacement or upgrades.

Environment

Usage Meter 4.x, VCF Usage Meter 9.x

Cause

The sshd service becomes disabled after each restart of the Usage Meter appliance.

Resolution

 To make the SSH service persistent, access the Usage Meter appliance via the web console and execute the following command: systemctl enable sshd