[SOLVED] How to create public keys to ssh to ESXi to another host?

I have read a number of different sites trying to find information on how to do it properly, but I had no luck.  I'm afraid at this point I'm all mixed up or miss me something simple [painfully].

My goal is to create keys so that I can ssh/scp, as root, the ESXi server to another server in linux/unix under a different name.  Most, if not all of the sites I found coverage today the reverse: ssh/scp from another machine to the ESXi server.  I assume that ssh ESXi-> another host via keys is possible...?

I believe that I'm almost there, but in all honesty, I don't know.  Here's what I've done so far.

  • RSA and DSA keys with dropbear created on the ESXi Server
  • convert keys RSA and DSA dropbear ssh format
  • Cat's public RSA and DSA keys in the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the server that I would like to ssh/scp
    • even tried to make a copy of authorized_keys as authorized_keys2 on the destination server
    • same CAT had the public keys of the ESXi authorized_keys & authorized_keys2
  • went up to copy the private key (!) from the ESXi server on the server I ssh/scp area in

In regards to the box, I'm remote in I

  • keys generated with ssh-keygen - t dsa and rsa
  • typed in a sentence
  • CAT had the public key in .ssh/authorized_keys on ESXi box
    • as above in desperation I added it in the file authorized_keys local
    • copied authorized_keys to authorized_keys2
  • copied private keys (!) of the destination inbox ESXi machine

I tried ssh username FQDN, ssh username@FQDN-l and with the IP address itself, whenever I was asked for a password.  Naturally if I just ssh hostname it trying to connect as root, which is not allowed and will fail.  Again, I apologize because I'm probably all mixed now. might be wise to simply erase all keys & start over.

Is this possible?

Is anyone interested in lending a hand?

Resources

http://communities.VMware.com/message/1373428#1373428

http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-8890

http://pkeck.myWeb.uga.edu/SSH/

http://computerpr0n.com/2011/04/ESXi-remote-management-part-2/

http://oreilly.com/pub/h/66

I blogged about this recently:

http://blog.Cowger.us/?p=15

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