While connecting to vCenter Server Appliance with ssh command I was facing error Too many authentication failures disconnect. I checked ssh settings on the VCSA photon os from VM console but didnt find any issue.
$ ssh [email protected] VMware vCenter Server 7.0.3.00300 Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller Received disconnect from 10.10.10.10 port 22:2: Too many authentication failures Disconnected from 10.10.10.10 port 22
Finally to resolve this issue I created a file config under C:\Users\Profile\.ssh folder and added below entries for my vCenter Server. Specifically the IdentitiesOnly to yes. You can find the below url about ssh_config for more details.
# Read more about SSH config files: https://linux.die.net/man/5/ssh_config Host vCenter_or_IP Hostname vCenter_or_IP IdentitiesOnly yes
Next when you try to connect through ssh.exe command use additional parameter -o PubkeyAuthentication=no. As you can see login is successful.
ssh -o PubkeyAuthentication=no root@fqdn_or_ip
VMware vCenter Server x.x.x.xxxxx
Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller
root@fqdn_or_ip's password:
Connected to service
* List APIs: "help api list"
* List Plugins: "help pi list"
* Launch BASH: "shell"
Command> shell
Shell access is granted to roothope this helps!
