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Could not connect or access the remote servers/devices

Unable connect or access the remote servers  added in the Ezeelogin gateway


Overview: This article helps in resolving the issue of being unable to connect or access remote servers added in the Ezeelogin gateway.


This error may occur due to several reasons. The following are some of the reasons

Step 1: Make sure that the sshd is listening on the port specified in the Add server form as shown below

 Step 2: Ensure that you are able to telnet to the remote machine from the Ezeelogin gateway server.

:~# telnet <remote_server_ip> <ssh port>

Step 3: Ensure that you can manually SSH into the remote server from the Ezeelogin gateway server.

:~# ssh user@remoteserver_ip or hostname

Step 4: Check the error log of the remote server to which you are trying to login.

For Centos
:~# /var/log/secure


For Ubuntu

:~# /var/log/auth.log

Step 5: Ensure that iptables or any firewall is not blocking SSH traffic on both the Ezeelogin gateway server and the remote server. Verify that the SSH port is open on both the Ezeelogin gateway and the remote server.

Add the following rule to allow outbound connection in the Ezeelogin gateway server.

:~# iptables -A OUTPUT -s 192.168.18.195 -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

Add the following rule to allow inbound connection on the remote server.

:~# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 192.168.18.195 --dport 22 -j ACCEPT


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