SSH Server Errors

Below are the different scenarios for SSH access failure:

Type

Error Message

Scenario

Connectivity Timeout - confirm that server address is configured correctly.

This error is printed in one of the following scenarios:

  1. Server address is incorrect

  2. Server is not accessible from the selected Connector

  3. Site is down

Connectivity Connection refused - confirm that server SSH service is up. Server is accessible, but the SSH service is down
Connectivity Bad configurations - confirm that server account is configured correctly. Server is accessible with SSH service, but the account configured is incorrect (account name / password / key)
Accessibility Forbidden - you must log in to your Harmony Connect Application-Level account before connecting to the server. For security reasons, users must have an active session with Harmony Connect Application-Level in order to connect to any server. This error is printed in case you don't have an active session, in which case you should connect to your Harmony Connect Application-Level account at https://<REGION>.connect.checkpoint.com/<ACCOUNT> and connect.
Accessibility Unauthorized access - ask your system administrator for access permissions to this server You are missing access permissions to connect to this resource
Permissions and secrets Error - unable to connect to server
  1. Server name / address provided does not exist in the system

  2. Provided key does not exist in the provided path

  3. Provided key is expired or corrupted

Permissions and secrets Invalid credentials - confirm that your one time password (OTP) is correct.

OTP provided is incorrect or expired.

Permissions and secrets (Bash Error) Permissions 0644 for 'KEY' are too open.

Key permissions were not set. Locate the key path and run the command:

chmod 400 KEY-PATH