Issue:
PowerChute Network Shutdown will not connect to Nutanix AHV cluster using SSH key authentication. A connection is made when connecting to the AHV cluster using SSH with username and password. But, when connecting using public/private key authentication, the connection fails.
Product:
PowerChute Network Shutdown
Environment:
PowerChute Network Shutdown on Windows configured with Nutanix AHV.
Cause:
SSH authentication failure when key is created using ssh-keygen on Windows.
Solution:
PowerChute Network Shutdown will not connect to Nutanix AHV cluster using SSH key authentication. A connection is made when connecting to the AHV cluster using SSH with username and password. But, when connecting using public/private key authentication, the connection fails.
Product:
PowerChute Network Shutdown
Environment:
PowerChute Network Shutdown on Windows configured with Nutanix AHV.
Cause:
SSH authentication failure when key is created using ssh-keygen on Windows.
Solution:
- Use puttygen (part of Putty toolset https://www.puttygen.com/) to create the keys.
- Copy the key to .ssh/authorized_keys on each AHV hosts.
- Copy the key to key Prism->Settings->Cluster Lockdown.
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