Brian, I found the solution. Thanks.
The solution is to add (uncomment) the line "PasswordAuthentication yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file of the ESXi server. Thanks, --Anthony On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Brian J <b2jr...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's usually best in this case to check to see if you see anything in the > server (ESXi) side security/messages log. > > If you don't see anything there, re-verify your connection information to > be sure that the connection was attempted, and ensure that there is no > firewall between jenkins and the SSH process that might be blocking the > connection. > > Brian > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Anthony Ho <anthony...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am not able to configure the SSH plugin to connect to an ESXi 5.0 >> server (as well as some other hosts) as root user with the error >> message “Can’t connect to server”. >> >> There are some hosts that I am able to connect to without any >> problems. >> >> Is there something I need to configure in the ESXi server or in the >> hosts which I cannot connect to? >> >> I have no problems running ssh as root user to any of these hosts from >> the system hosting Jenkins and running as user “jenkins”. >> >> Thank you for your help. >> >> --Anthony >> > >
