configure sshd on vms

Configure SSH servers on the VMs to be able transfer files from/to the host

1. Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config file

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

2. Make sure that

• PermitRootLogin yes is not commented
• PasswordAuthetication yes is not commented
• ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes is not commented
• AllowUsers is commented

3. Save, quit and restart sshd

systemctl restart sshd.service

4. In VM network configuration choose the Host-Only Adapter, then run dhclient to get an IP address

dhclient enp0s3 -v

5. Now you can ssh or scp from the host machine as root using the IP address attributed by DHCP

ssh -v root@192.168.56.102 # for example