Article Summary: This article provides information on how to enable SSH in VMware ESXi 5.x.
- Connect to vCenter or your standalone host via the vSphere Client
- Click on the host in the left pane
- Click on the 'Configuration' tab on the right
- Click on 'Security Profile' located underneath the 'Software' header on the right
- Click on 'Properties' in the upper right hand corner on the same line as 'Services'
- Scroll down until you find 'SSH' and click on it
- Click on the 'Options' button
- Click the 'Start' button
- If you are enabling SSH temporarily, you can go back and click on 'Stop' when you are finished
- For future usage, you can enable one of the two other options available, besides manual :
- "Start automatically if any ports are open, and stop when all ports are closed"
- "Start and stop with host"