Dell Unity: Configuring password-less SSH access

Summary: How to configure password-less SSH access in Unity.

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Instructions

  1. Generate key pairs on the Client.
[user@rhel8 ~]$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa):  <<<  keep empty
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):                    <<<  keep empty
Enter same passphrase again:                                   <<<  keep empty
Your identification has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:eVWNNWLhKu/CUTELDr6K4YwCnD1q1TfZG7MumlGW/JY user@rhel8.peeps.lab

The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 3072]----+
|             +o=.|
|       . . oo.o o|
|      . o . =.   |
|      ...o +.    |
|. o .  =S.o.     |
|.o = .o=.*+      |
|. * +.o oE*.     |
|.+ + .o..=.      |
|o    o. o...     |
+----[SHA256]-----+

 

  1. Change to the .ssh directory.
[user@rhel8 ~]$ cd .ssh/

 

  1. Use ls to view the files.
[user@rhel8 .ssh]$ ls
id_rsa  id_rsa.pub  known_hosts

 

  1. Rename the id_rsa.pub to authorized_keys.
[user@rhel8 .ssh]$ mv id_rsa.pub authorized_keys

 

  1. Use ls to view the files.
[user@rhel8 .ssh]$ ls
authorized_keys  id_rsa  known_hosts

 

  1. Use SCP to upload the key to the ".ssh" directory on the Unity.
[user@rhel8 .ssh]$ scp authorized_keys service@XX.XX.XX.XX:/home/service/.ssh
******************************************************************************
* Welcome to EMC UnityVSA 12GB - VIRT1234ABCDEF-spa - c4dev_PIE_8259R-5.3.0.0.5.120
* Serial Number: VIRT1234ABCDEF
* Unisphere IP : XX.XX.XX.XX
* Unisphere IP : fe80::260:1670:29c3:2667
******************************************************************************
Password:（Unity Service (SSH) Password）
authorized_keys

 

  1. Test access without a password.
[root@rhel8 .ssh]# ssh service@x.x.x.xx
******************************************************************************
* Welcome to EMC UnityVSA 12GB - VIRT1234ABCDEF-spa - c4dev_PIE_8259R-5.3.0.0.5.120
* Serial Number: VIRT1234ABCDEF
* Unisphere IP : x.x.x.xx
* Unisphere IP : xx80::xxx:xxxx:xxxx:2667
******************************************************************************
Last login: Mon Jul 21 19:03:53 2025 from x.x.x.254
01:30:32 service@VIRT1234ABCDEF
spa:~/user# No Password was asked

Additional Information

If the purpose of configuring password-less login is to run uemcli commands from a script, refer to Knowledge Base article Dell Unity: UEMCLI Command Stops Running.

Adding the -sslpolicy accept option prevents uemcli commands in scripts from stopping due to certificate expiration.

 

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity

Products

Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Hybrid, Dell EMC UnityVSA Professional Edition/Unity Cloud Edition
Article Properties
Article Number: 000348009
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 26 حزيران 2026
Version:  2
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