SSH for ESXi

To enable SSH for ESXi

1. First, login to console by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1
2. Type in unsupported and press enter.
3. You should now see a warning from the vmWare technical support team.
4. Login as root and enter your root password.
5. You should now have a root linux hash ( # )
6. Edit /etc/inetd.conf by using vi /etc/inetd.conf
7. Scroll down until you see the ssh section and remove the comments in front of SSH(remove the # signs.)
8. Save the file
9. and finally, reboot

You have now sucessfully enabled ssh.