How To Login Into File Server Virtual Machines And How To Change File Server User Password?

SSH:

We can SSH to the File Server VM using the following process

1. Retrieve the IP address for the FSVM.

• Log on to the CVM.

                ssh nutanix@cvm_ip_address

• Enter the CVM password.

• List the FSVM IPs.

                nutanix@cvm$ ncli fs ls

         FSVM IPs appear in the following format Nvm IP Addresses: internal IP,external IP.

      2. SSH onto the FSVM using the internal IP.

               nutanix@cvm$ ssh internal_ip_address

Change password of FSVM:

1. Log on to a file server VM with SSH.

2. Change the nutanix password.

                   nutanix@fsvm$ sudo passwd nutanix

3. Respond to the prompts, providing the current and new nutanix user password.

                  Changing password for user nutanix.

                  Old Password:

                  New password:

                  Retype new password:

                  passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

Portal Reference:

https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Files-v3_7:fil-file-server-fsvm-login-t.html