Enable SSH on Ubuntu 10, Moodle

Per the FAQ, these are the instructions to enable SSH for Ubuntu:

$ sudo mv /etc/init/ssh.conf.back /etc/init/ssh.conf

$ sudo start ssh

However, in the Ubuntu 10 Moodle Stack that we have running as a virtual box on ESXi 4, I can only get the Open SSH server to load by using this command:

It must be done every time the server is restarted, but I’d like to configure Open SSH on this bitnami stack so that it runs every time the machine is powered on.

There is no ssh.conf or ssh.conf.back on this stack. Do I need to copy or create one from another machine?

Are you sure is a Ubuntu 10.04 Virtual Appliance or is a previous one? Try the following:

$ sudo update-rc.d ssh enable

Running that command yields this error:

update-rc.d: warning: ssh start runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/ssh do not exist.

This is the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Virtual Appliance.

I was not able to get the Bitnami Moodle Stack configured properly. So, I’ve installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS clean and installed all components manually (apache, mysql, moodle, etc).

I’m sure there is still value in being able to use a Bitnami Stack, I’m just not smart enough to leverage it. Besides, I think the web developers here wanted a bit more control out of the box, and since I have to support the server if they break it, building the server from scratch was probably my best option anyway. :)

Thank you for trying to help me. My lack of Linux knowledge isn’t your problem. :)

Hi,

The Virtual Appliances have ssh server disable by default for security reasons. To enable ssh you only have to rename the configuration file and reboot the system. Not sure why you can not access to the Virtual Machine. Anyway you can also install the system and them use the Linux Stack. Cheers.