SCP in ESXi not working

Question

Everytime I try to copy files from ESXi machine to other Linux machine it always fails. Either it waits for longer time or ends up with time out error.

Cmd used: scp local_file root@:IP:path/to/folder

cmd err:ssh: connect to host port 22: Connection timed out lost connection

Linux machine has sshd service running.

But, copying from Linux to ESXi works.

Where am I missing in configuration? Thanks in advance !!

Solution 1

Enable sshClient in the firewall properties of the server.

In vSphere Client select

host -> Configuration -> Security Profile -> Firewall -> Properties

then enable SSH Client to enable outgoing scp connections.

Solution 2

Enable SSH client (CLI method).

Check if SSH client service is enabled. Will return 'False' if 'Disabled'.

esxcli network firewall ruleset list --ruleset-id sshClient

Then enable SSH client.

esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id sshClient --enabled=true

Comments

[Vicky]

Thanks a lot !! It worked. I was not knowing we have separate ports for outgoing scp connections.

[Andy]

in later vSphere networking > firewall rules > enable (was clicking everywhere looking for this)

[Satish]

This isn't supported in latest version of vSphere so please use command line.