How to Enable SSH on All ESXi Hosts using PowerCLI

To enable SSH on all ESXi hosts connected to a vCenter Server, using PowerCLI, you can use the following steps:

Start by opening a PowerCLI window and connecting to your vCenter server using the following command:

Connect-VIServer -Server <vCenter_server_name>

Once you are connected to the vCenter server, you can use the following command to retrieve a list of all hosts managed by the vCenter server:

Get-VMHost

Next, you can use a foreach loop to iterate over each host in the list and enable SSH on the host using the following command:

foreach ($host in (Get-VMHost)) {   Set-VMHostService -VMHost $host -Key "TSM-SSH" -Policy "on" }

Once the SSH service has been enabled on all hosts, you can verify that it is running using the following command:

Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostService | Where {$_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"}

That’s it! You have now successfully enabled SSH on all hosts managed by your vCenter server using PowerCLI.