Password less SSH login through ILO of HP BL465C server ( O.S = Linux )

[Manas Ranjan Patra]

Hi,
Can i do a password less login using SSH , to an ILO IP of a HP BL465C server ( O.S = Linux )?

My requirement is to power off/on HP BL465C server ( O.S = Linux) , using SSH and without further entering password , to proceed further.. , from a different server...

NOTE : i'm able to login to the server, using SSH .. without password .

Following is the command i'm trying .. to power off/on a server , from another server.
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Node1 # ssh admin@ILO power off.

[Modris Bremze]

The OS level SSH server has nothing to do with iLO's SSH access.

For password-less login, you could try iLO2 web UI->Administration->Security->SSH key. There are some limitations, see context help on the same page.

[Manas Ranjan Patra]

Thanks for the reply..

is there any CLI option to get the solution ?

[Modris Bremze]

Take a look at Oemhp_LoadSSHKey command (help Oemhp_LoadSSHKey).

[Jimmy Vance]

For a passwordless ssh login you will need to add an ssh key to iLO2, The users guide talks about it

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=c02845760

Another option is to use the locfg.pl perl script to send XML directly to iLO2. The scripting sample package has the XML to control server power

HP Lights-Out XML PERL Scripting Sample for Linux

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/swd/detail?swItemId=MTX_2b741a93446e4a75890384eba8

[Moderator edit: Updated the broken links]

[Hugo R Hernandez]

There is a way to get 'better' documentation by including examples for usage of locfg.pl on Linux? I am trying to use it on a HP Proliant DL360 G6 running RHEL 5.4 without any luck.

[Jimmy Vance]

The link I provided to the perl samples includes at least 80 XML files for iLO. what are you having issues with?

[Hugo R Hernandez]

Thanks for your quickly answer!

I am trying to import SSH Keys on the iLO2 for a HP Proliant DL360 G6 running RHEL 5.4. I am using the Software Light-Out Management for Linux and when I am running the locfg.pl script I am getting this error message:



STATUS="0x0058"
MESSAGE='There is no user name or the user name appended to SSH key does not exist.'
/>


The way I am running the Perl script is as follow:

root # ./locfg -s iLOserver.mydomain.com -f Import_SSH_Key.xml

I have generated locally on a Linux box the SSH key by using ssh-keygen (rsa) for the same user account I have defined on the iLO2. Of course, I have included the correct USER_LOGIN and PASSWORD on the xml file. USER_LOGIN matchs for both, OS and iLO2 user accounts.

Any help will be really appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
-Hugo

P.S. I just started a thread for this issue:

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1283955616603+28353475&threadId=1446984

[Moderator edit: The above link is no longer valid.]