Written by • September 12, 2012• 9:24 pm• Virtualization • 4 Comments

Activate SSH on VMware ESXi 5.1

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I already wrote a blog post how you can enable SSH on VMware ESXi 5.0 and VMware ESXi 4.1. As before enabling SSH on VMware ESXi 5.1 or VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 is pretty easy.

  1. On the start screen press F2 for “Customize System”
    VMware ESXi 5.1 startscreen
  2. Login with the local password, and on the settings page select and enter Troubleshooting Options
    VMware ESXi 5.1 Settings
  3. Click on Enable SSH to activate SSH on your VMware ESXi 5.1 host
    VMware ESXi 5.1 enable SSH

If you are running Windows, you should also check out my blog post about how to install SSH on Windows 10 or SSH on Windows Server. I also blogged about how you can use SSH with PowerShell.

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Thomas works as a Principal Program Manager & Chief Evangelist Azure Hybrid at Microsoft (Cloud + AI). He engages with the community and customers around the world to share his knowledge and collect feedback to improve the Azure hybrid cloud and edge platform. Prior to joining the Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), Thomas was a Lead Architect and Microsoft MVP, to help architect, implement and promote Microsoft cloud technology. If you want to know more about Thomas, check out his blog: www.thomasmaurer.ch and Twitter: www.twitter.com/thomasmaurer

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4 Replies to “Activate SSH on VMware ESXi 5.1”

  1. Yeonki says:
    November 15, 2012 at 2:25 am

    Thanks Tomas.
    In my case, I needed to configure firewall additionally.
    http://hyper-choi.blogspot.kr/2012/11/enable-ssh-on-vmware-esxi-51.html

    Reply
  2. ali says:
    January 24, 2013 at 10:16 am

    Thanks Thomas..
    you did it! :) exactly what i want

    Reply
  3. Tayfun DEGER says:
    February 22, 2013 at 2:30 pm

    Thanks for sharing Thomas.

    Reply
  4. Tolga says:
    February 6, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    Thanks for your post. This is very useful.

    Reply

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