if we wanting to enable the SSH service on my ESXi hosts. we could use Host Profiles to enable it but when decided to PowerShell script .
you can use below powershell to enable SSH on all esxi host in cluster .
You will need to start the SSH service and set it to Start and Stop with Host:
And you will need to suppress the SSH is enabled warning message:
you can use below powershell to enable SSH on all esxi host in cluster
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# Start SSH Service, change Startup Policy, and Suppress SSH Warning #
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#Variables
$vCenter= "LABVC01.virtuallyboring.com"
$Cluster= "Nested ESXi Cluster"
### Start of Script
# Load VMware Cmdlet and connect to vCenter
Add-PSSnapinvmware.vimautomation.core
connect-viserver-server$vCenter
$VMHost= Get-Cluster-Name$Cluster| Get-VMhost
# Start SSH Server on a Cluster
ForEach($VMhostin$Cluster){
Write-Host-ForegroundColorGREEN "Starting SSH Service on "-NoNewline
Write-Host-ForegroundColorYELLOW "$VMhost"
Get-VMHost| Get-VMHostService| ? {($_.Key -eq"TSM-ssh") -and($_.Running -eq$False)} | Start-VMHostService
}
# Change Startup Policy
ForEach($VMhostin$Cluster){
Write-Host-ForegroundColorGREEN "Setting Startup Policy on "-NoNewline
Write-Host-ForegroundColorYELLOW "$VMhost"
Get-VMHost| Get-VMHostService| where { $_.key -eq"TSM-SSH"} | Set-VMHostService-Policy"On"-Confirm:$false-ea1
}
# Surpress SSH Warning
ForEach($VMhostin$Cluster){
Write-Host-ForegroundColorGREEN "Setting UserVar to supress Shell warning on "-NoNewline
Write-Host-ForegroundColorYELLOW "$VMhost"
Get-VMhost| Get-AdvancedSetting| Where {$_.Name -eq"UserVars.SuppressShellWarning"} | Set-AdvancedSetting-Value"1"-Confirm:$false
}
### End of Script
Paste the script in PowerShell ISE as we need to update a few variables:
- $vCenter: Enter your vCenter name of your vCenter name
- $Cluster: Enter the name of your Cluster
You are now ready to run this script .