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Proxmox When Connecting to VM Guest Console You Get WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!

May 2, 2024 By Unite Innovations

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When trying to connect to the console of a VM guest in Proxmox you see the following message.

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host isSHA256:pOhNF7mZCgXbWkg7RcyKhQiz97tCv4WRn3cqqPX4Rh8.Please contact your system administrator.Add correct host key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.Offending RSA key in /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts:3remove with:ssh-keygen -f “/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts” -R “server1″RSA host key for server1 has changed and you have requested strict checking.Host key verification failed.TASK ERROR: Failed to run vncproxy.

Or something similar.

Chances are certs have to be updated. Run the command below.

pvecm updatecerts -f

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