📜 Intro #
Recently, when I have tried to SSH to vCenter I have been getting the following:
ssh [email protected]
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.3.00800
Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller
Received disconnect from 10.108.98.70 port 22:2: Too many authentication failures
Disconnected from 10.108.98.70 port 22
This happens if you have SSH keys installed on your system which are not valid and vCSA nope’s out instead of just asking for the password.
🔧 Fix #
There are several fixes.
Add your SSH key: #
Add your id_* to vCenter’s .ssh/authorized_keys file.
Connect with the following argument: #
ssh -o PubkeyAuthentication=no root@fqdn/IP
Add the following override in your .ssh/config:
#
PubkeyAuthentication no
Like so:
Host fqdn/IP
Hostname fqdn/IP
PubkeyAuthentication no
You should now be able to connect using username and password to vCSA without getting the “Too many authentication failures” error.
❯ ssh [email protected]
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.3.00800
Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller
[email protected]'s password:
Connected to service
* List APIs: "help api list"
* List Plugins: "help pi list"
* Launch BASH: "shell"
Command>
Hope this helped ~~muffn.