Connecting to an Individual Host Through Global PIP

You can connect to one of your individual protected ESXi hosts through Global PIP using the following methods: 

Accessing the Host using the Web Browser

If you have the Global Published IP address and the HTTPS port number, you can directly connect to an individual protected ESXi host using a web browser.

Important: To open the VM console from ESXi Host using Global PIP, you must have the Compute.VirtualMachine.Manage_ConsoleInteract, Compute.VirtualMachine.View, and Management.Administration.Edit permissions.

  1. Retrieve the Global PIP and the HTTPS port for the ESXi host to which you want to connect. See Viewing Assigned Ports for Global PIP.
  2. Enter the URL in your browser. The URL uses the following format: https://<Global-PIP>:<HTTPS-port>.
  3. Log in using your authentication credentials.

Accessing the Hostmenu using the Web Browser

If you have the Global Published IP address, but do not know the HTTPS port number, you can directly connect to the hostmenu and then navigate to the specific host.

Important: To access the hostmenu, you must have the Management.CloudPlatform.Login and CloudControl.Inventory.View_GPIP permissions. Add these permissions to the user role in a new access control rule in the trust manifest that is assigned to Appliance Root.

  1. Retrieve the Global PIP for your ESXi hosts.
  2. Enter the URL in your browser using the following format: https://<Global-PIP>/hostmenu.
  3. Log in using your authentication credentials.

Accessing the Host Directly using SSH

If you have the Global Published IP address and the SSH port number, you can directly connect to an individual protected ESXi host using SSH.

  1. Retrieve the Global PIP and the SSH port for the ESXi host to which you want to connect. See Viewing Assigned Ports for Global PIP.
  2. Open your SSH client.

  3. Connect to the Global PIP assigned to the host to which you want to connect, using the specific port number for that host.

    For example, SSH to <Global-PIP>:<SSH-port>

  4. Log in using your authentication credentials.

Accessing the Host using the CLI Host Menu

If you do not have the SSH port number, you can establish an SSH connection and then use the command line menu to navigate to the desired host. You must have the Management.CloudPlatform.Login privilege to connect to the ESXi hosts.

  1. Open your SSH client.
  2. Connect to the Global PIP assigned to the host to which you want to connect, using the standard port 22.

  3. Log in using the following credentials: 

    • Username—sshuser
    • Password—hytrust

    Important: These credentials only establish the SSH connection. They do not provide shell access to your ESXi hosts.

  4. At the CLI prompt, enter the authentication credentials.

  5. In the SSH Menu, navigate to the host that you want to access.

    The path should be similar to the following: 

    SSO Domains > <SSO_Domain_name> > <PSC_name> > <vCenter_name> > <Host_name>

  6. Enter your text at the command line prompt.