Enable SSH Command-Line Access to an NSX Data Center for vSphere Edge Gateway in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

You can enable SSH command-line access to an edge gateway.

Procedure

Open Edge Gateway Services.
1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Networking and from the page top navigation bar, select Edge Gateways.
2. Select the edge gateway that you want to edit, and click Services.
Click the Edge Settings tab.

Configure the SSH settings.

Option	Description
Username Password Retype Password	Enter the credentials for the SSH access to this edge gateway. By default, the SSH user name is admin.
Password Expiry	Enter the expiration period for the password, in days.
Login Banner	Enter the text to be displayed to users when they begin an SSH connection to the edge gateway.

Option

Description

Username

Password

Retype Password

Enter the credentials for the SSH access to this edge gateway.

By default, the SSH user name is admin.

Password Expiry

Enter the expiration period for the password, in days.

Enter the text to be displayed to users when they begin an SSH connection to the edge gateway.

Configure the appropriate NAT or firewall rules to allow an SSH access to this edge gateway.