Enabling SSH access in Aria Operations

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps on enabling SSH in Aria Operations.

Environment

VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.7.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.0.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.0.x - 8.10.x
VMware Aria Operations 8.12.x - 8.17.x

Resolution

UI Method

To enable SSH on Aria Operations, log into the Aria Operations Admin UI as the local "admin" user.
Under the SSH Status column, toggle the switch to the Enabled position for each node you want to enable SSH on.
 

Manual Method

To enable SSH on Aria Operations manually, complete the steps below depending on your version:

vRealize Operations 6.x-7.x

1. Log into the desired vRealize Operations node as root via SSH or Console, pressing ALT+F1 in a Console to log in.

Note: By default there is no root password configured.  Press Enter twice, then provide a new password and re-type it to confirm.

2. Start the SSH service by running the command:

service sshd start
 

Notes:
To see whether the service is running or not from command line, run this command: service sshd status

After a restart of the vRealize Operations node, SSH will need to be enabled again.  To configure SSH to start automatically, run this command:  chkconfig sshd on

vRealize Operations 8.x

Note: These steps can also be used to enabled SSH on Cloud Proxy VMs in vRealize Operations 8.4 and later.

1. Log into the desired vRealize Operations node as root via SSH or Console, pressing ALT+F1 in a Console to log in.

Note: By default there is no root password configured.  Press Enter twice, then provide a new password and re-type it to confirm.

2. Start the SSH service by running the command:

systemctl start sshd

Notes:
To see whether the service is running or not from command line, run this command: systemctl status sshd

After a restart of the vRealize Operations node, SSH will need to be enabled again.  To configure SSH to start automatically, run this command:  systemctl enable sshd

Additional Information

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