So. I did a bonehead thing and had to reinstall pve. Fortunately, I had a backup of the /etc and /var/lib folders. I reinstalled a fresh pve installation, then scp'd the /etc files from the backup onto the new rpool. It mostly worked to restore my pve server. However, ever since then, I cannot ssh back into it.
(1) I tried to mount the old zfs rpool on a separate system, but can't seem to access where the /etc folder is located. All I see is ROOT, data, and var-lib folders. Does anyone know how to restore backed up host files to the mounted zfs pool?
(2) Or, this new installation will work, but I need to get ssh back up and running. I've checked the ssh.config and sshd.config files but they are largely the default settings.
Here's what the service status outputs
[ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2025-02-08 16:23:55 CST; 4h 8min ago
Docs: man:sshd(8)
man:sshd_config(5)
Process: 11904 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 6ms
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: Stopped ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: Failed to start ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Feb 08 16:24:03 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 08 16:24:03 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 08 16:24:03 pve systemd[1]: Failed to start ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server.]
Other things I've checked:
- network interface(s) are good
- I can ssh TO other systems, I just can't ssh INTO the pve system
Thanks all!
(1) I tried to mount the old zfs rpool on a separate system, but can't seem to access where the /etc folder is located. All I see is ROOT, data, and var-lib folders. Does anyone know how to restore backed up host files to the mounted zfs pool?
(2) Or, this new installation will work, but I need to get ssh back up and running. I've checked the ssh.config and sshd.config files but they are largely the default settings.
Here's what the service status outputs
[ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2025-02-08 16:23:55 CST; 4h 8min ago
Docs: man:sshd(8)
man:sshd_config(5)
Process: 11904 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 6ms
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: Stopped ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 08 16:23:55 pve systemd[1]: Failed to start ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server.
Feb 08 16:24:03 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 08 16:24:03 pve systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 08 16:24:03 pve systemd[1]: Failed to start ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server.]
Other things I've checked:
- network interface(s) are good
- I can ssh TO other systems, I just can't ssh INTO the pve system
Thanks all!
