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These instructions assume 2 ESXi servers:  ESXi0 & ESXi1
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Both of these servers have a datastore named '''Admin''' for Administrative stuff and a Folder named '''Utilities''' for storing useful things.
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The following 2 sections are basically lists of Copy-Pasta commands for each server.
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===ESXi0===
 
===ESXi0===
  
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*<code>vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>
 
*<code>vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>
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*(Ensure the following items are in the file)
  
 
  PermitRootLogin yes
 
  PermitRootLogin yes
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  # only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
 
  # only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
 
  PasswordAuthentication no  
 
  PasswordAuthentication no  
# ?????? #
 
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
 
  
 
*<code>/etc/init.d/SSH restart</code>
 
*<code>/etc/init.d/SSH restart</code>
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*<code>cp /.ssh/* /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi0/keys</code>
 
*<code>cp /.ssh/* /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi0/keys</code>
 
*<code>vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>
 
*<code>vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config</code>
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*(Ensure the following items are in the file)
  
 
  PermitRootLogin yes
 
  PermitRootLogin yes
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  # only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
 
  # only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
 
  PasswordAuthentication no  
 
  PasswordAuthentication no  
# ?????? #
 
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
 
  
 
*<code>/etc/init.d/SSH restart</code>
 
*<code>/etc/init.d/SSH restart</code>

Revision as of 22:33, 6 July 2020

These instructions assume 2 ESXi servers: ESXi0 & ESXi1

Both of these servers have a datastore named Admin for Administrative stuff and a Folder named Utilities for storing useful things.

The following 2 sections are basically lists of Copy-Pasta commands for each server.

ESXi0

  • mkdir /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl
  • mkdir /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi1
  • mkdir /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi1/keys
  • mkdir /.ssh
  • cd /.ssh
  • /usr/lib/vmware/openssh/bin/ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
  • ls
  • cat id_rsa.pub | ssh root@ESXi1 'cat >> /etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys'
  • cd /etc/ssh/keys-root/
  • ls -l
  • cp /.ssh/* /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi1/keys
  • vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  • (Ensure the following items are in the file)
PermitRootLogin yes
UsePAM yes
# only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
PasswordAuthentication no 
  • /etc/init.d/SSH restart


ESXi1

  • mkdir /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl
  • mkdir /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi0
  • mkdir /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi0/keys
  • mkdir /.ssh
  • cd /.ssh
  • /usr/lib/vmware/openssh/bin/ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
  • ls
  • cat id_rsa.pub | ssh root@ESXi0 'cat >> /etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys'
  • cd /etc/ssh/keys-root/
  • ls -l
  • cp /.ssh/* /vmfs/volumes/Admin/Utilities/ssl/ESXi0/keys
  • vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  • (Ensure the following items are in the file)
PermitRootLogin yes
UsePAM yes
# only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
PasswordAuthentication no 
  • /etc/init.d/SSH restart