How to Enable SSH on VMware ESX

To Enable SSH on VMware ESX, Here I will show you with two ways to Enable SSH services to allow remote from your PC to ESX server. 

1. Enable SSH on VMware ESX on Command 

2. Enable SSH on VMware ESX on Web Interface

3. Test SSH Remote Access Login to ESX  server

Now late start with step 1 below, it is easy 

1. Enable SSH on VMware ESX on Command 

Firstly, you login to your VMware ESX then go to "Troubleshooting Options" and hit Enter Use Arrow Key on your keyboard point to "Enable SSH" and hit enter keyboard then SSH will be Enable. Press Esc to go back and then click Y to save your configuration. 

2. Enable SSH on VMware ESX on Web Interface

To Enable SSH on VMware ESX on web for step 2, you can go to web browser and enter IP Address of VMware ESX that you have set up on your SEX server to access login to that ESX server. Look at with the screenshot below to easy understand. 

Enter Username: root

Enter Password : .....    (that you assigned) then click login

Then go to => Actions => Services => Click on Enable as below then you will see the message pop up that SSH is enabled like that. 

3. Test SSH Remote Access Login to ESX  server

Now after you have been enabled SSH already, you can test access with SSH server as below, here I used "Putty" program, there are other program that we can use to access SSH. So you just Enter IP Address and Port number for SSH and select SSH then click on Open you will be can go to login via commend prompt and just Enter Username and password that you have assigned like below. 

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