Easy Way to Enable ESXi SSH on vSphere 4.1

It seems that VMware became aware that just about everyone has been logging into their ESXi boxes and enabling SSH access. So for the 4.1 release of ESXi, it is easy to enable the feature from within the vSphere client. Here's how.

Simply navigate to the "Security Profile" configuration page under the "Configuration" tab of your host. (Hosts and Clusters view). Open the properties and there is the new option Remote Tech support. This is SSH, so simply enable it.


office_imac:~ tom$ ssh root@esx01
root@esx01's password:
You have activated Tech Support Mode.
The time and date of this activation have been sent to the system logs.

VMware offers supported, powerful system administration tools. Please
see www.vmware.com/go/sysadmintools for details.

Tech Support Mode may be disabled by an administrative user.
Please consult the ESXi Configuration Guide for additional
important information.

~ #

Easy - thanks VMware!