{"id":40,"date":"2018-03-17T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T10:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everydayvirtualisation.com\/?p=40"},"modified":"2018-03-17T10:34:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T10:34:02","slug":"powercli-enable-ssh-on-a-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.everydayvirtualization.com\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"PowerCLI Enable SSH On A Host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tMust admit there comes a time when you need to enable SSH on an ESXi host and i for one find navigating the GUI a bit time consuming and to be honest not really necessary.<\/p>\n<p>To that matter using good old PowerCLI we can enable ssh on a host with a very simple command line<\/p>\n<div class=\"codecolorer-container powershell blackboard\" style=\"overflow:auto;white-space:nowrap;width:650px;\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"line-numbers\"><div>1<br \/><\/div><\/td><td><div class=\"powershell codecolorer\">Get<span class=\"sy0\">-<\/span>VMHost HostName <span class=\"sy0\">|<\/span> Get<span class=\"sy0\">-<\/span>VMHostService <span class=\"sy0\">|<\/span> <span class=\"kw3\">Where<\/span> Key <span class=\"kw4\">-EQ<\/span> <span class=\"st0\">&quot;TSM-SSH&quot;<\/span> <span class=\"sy0\">|<\/span> Start<span class=\"sy0\">-<\/span>VMhostService<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p>And then once we are finished its good practise to disable SSH once again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"codecolorer-container powershell blackboard\" style=\"overflow:auto;white-space:nowrap;width:650px;\"><table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"line-numbers\"><div>1<br \/><\/div><\/td><td><div class=\"powershell codecolorer\">Get<span class=\"sy0\">-<\/span>VMHost HostName <span class=\"sy0\">|<\/span> Get<span class=\"sy0\">-<\/span>VMHostService <span class=\"sy0\">|<\/span> <span class=\"kw3\">Where<\/span> Key <span class=\"kw4\">-EQ<\/span> <span class=\"st0\">&quot;TSM-SSH&quot;<\/span> <span class=\"sy0\">|<\/span> Stop<span class=\"sy0\">-<\/span>VMHostService <span class=\"kw5\">-Confirm<\/span>:$False<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Must admit there comes a time when you need to enable SSH on an ESXi host and i for one find navigating the GUI a bit time consuming and to be honest not really necessary. 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