Unable to SSH to the vCenter from SDDC putty using root credentials

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

When tried to SSH for the vCenter from SDDC putty it is failing with the error : Too many authentication failures.

Cause

The value for MaxAuthTries in the sshd_config file of the vCenter is 2.

The default value for MaxAuthTries is 6 or it can be higher.

 

Resolution

Edited the sshd_config using vi command.

Modified the value of MaxAuthTries to a higher value. After that we were able to access the SSH of the vCenter from SDDC putty.