How to solve Error: "Could not setup Ezeelogin Web SSH service"?

Overview: This article describes troubleshooting steps for resolving the error "Could not setup Ezeelogin Web SSH service," which includes disabling SELinux, installing SSL certificates, configuring Node.js, and managing Node modules.

Web ssh server provides you with a service to manage your servers through a standard browser. When encountering the error "Could not setup Ezeelogin Web SSH service" while setting up the Ezeelogin Web SSH service, follow these steps to troubleshoot and resolve the issue:

Step 1: Ensure that SELinux is disabled. You can check its status by running the following command on the gateway server:

Step 2: If SELinux is enabled, disable it by editing the configuration file with the following steps:

Step 3: After editing the configuration file reboot the server and check status again.

Step 4: Make sure that you have installed an SSL cert for web SSH. To ensure SSL for the browser tab that opens up the web SSH console, generate a self-signed cert:

Or You can put a valid ca, cert and key in the files: /usr/local/etc/ezlogin/tls_ca.pem, /usr/local/etc/ezlogin/tls_cert.pem & /usr/local/etc/ezlogin/tls_key.pem respectively. You can rename your current .crt / .key file to .pem file.

Step 5: Make sure that the .pem files are readable by the webserver. Run below command to grant the web user read privileges.

Step 6: Make sure nodejs is installed on the jump server. Refer to this article to set up a web SSH console in Ezeelogin and SSH via a standard browser.

Step 7: Ensure that you have also installed node modules for web SSH by running the following command: