[User name: `admin`] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"

[fortunateLeopard]

Description

I can't get seem to connect via ssh to lima with default using either drivers, output for vz below. My local username is admin in case that's relevant.

limactl --version    
limactl version 0.19.1

% sw_vers
ProductName:		macOS
ProductVersion:		14.2.1
BuildVersion:		23C71

limactl start             
INFO[0000] Using the existing instance "default"        
INFO[0000] Starting the instance "default" with VM driver "vz" 
INFO[0000] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/admin/.lima/default/ha.sock 
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see "/Users/admin/.lima/default/serial*.log") 
INFO[0000] [hostagent] new connection from  to          
INFO[0001] SSH Local Port: 60022                        
INFO[0001] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" 
INFO[0001] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running  
INFO[0011] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" 
INFO[0021] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh" 
...

{"level":"info","msg":"Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: \"ssh\"","time":"2024-01-08T06:40:33-05:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"executing script \"ssh\"","time":"2024-01-08T06:40:33-05:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"executing ssh for script \"ssh\": /usr/bin/ssh [ssh -F /dev/null -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.lima/_config/user\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/aviculturist\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/id_bitnym\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/id_ed25519_moscoviumalchemist\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/lucr\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/pickwp_id_rsa\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/sozot_github_id_rsa\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/wpspring_github_id_rsa\" -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/admin/.ssh/wpsy_bitbucket_id_rsa\" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost=yes -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey -o Compression=no -o BatchMode=yes -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o Ciphers=\"^[email protected],[email protected]\" -o User=admin -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPath=\"/Users/admin/.lima/default/ssh.sock\" -o ControlPersist=yes -p 60022 127.0.0.1 -- /bin/bash]","time":"2024-01-08T06:40:33-05:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"stdout=\"\", stderr=\"Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 60022:2: Too many authentication failures\\r\\nDisconnected from 127.0.0.1 port 60022\\r\\n\", err=failed to execute script \"ssh\": stdout=\"\", stderr=\"Received disconnect from 127.0.0.1 port 60022:2: Too many authentication failures\\r\\nDisconnected from 127.0.0.1 port 60022\\r\\n\": exit status 255","time":"2024-01-08T06:40:33-05:00"}

[AkihiroSuda]

My local username is admin in case that's relevant.

Yes, very likely to be relevant

• https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/issues/2037

As a workaround, limactl start template://fedora may work

[Asutu]

I was having the same problem with the "AlmaLinux-9" template, but the problem persisted with "Fedora" as well.

$ limactl start --name default --disk 30 template://fedora
? Creating an instance "default" Proceed with the current configuration
INFO[0001] Starting the instance "default" with VM driver "qemu"
INFO[0001] QEMU binary "/opt/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64" seems properly signed with the "com.apple.security.hypervisor" entitlement
INFO[0001] Attempting to download the image              arch=x86_64 digest="sha256:ab5be5058c5c839528a7d6373934e0ce5ad6c8f80bd71ed3390032027da52f37" location="https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/39/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-39-1.5.x86_64.qcow2"
Downloading the image (Fedora-Cloud-Base-39-1.5.x86_64.qcow2)
519.38 MiB / 519.38 MiB [----------------------------------] 100.00% 54.98 MiB/s
INFO[0011] Downloaded the image from "https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/39/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-39-1.5.x86_64.qcow2"
INFO[0011] Attempting to download the nerdctl archive    arch=x86_64 digest="sha256:5ea4524ff346000bb32ef1d9fb8c4b8e809fbff69260d179218d7c308cc2aa99" location="https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v1.7.2/nerdctl-full-1.7.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
INFO[0011] Using cache "/Users/foobar/Library/Caches/lima/download/by-url-sha256/cd4d072fa7339ae8dbd52bbe23d415242e43648343bd44487fb529e92ccc550e/data"
INFO[0015] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/foobar/.lima/default/ha.sock
INFO[0015] [hostagent] Using system firmware ("/opt/local/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd")
INFO[0015] [hostagent] Starting QEMU (hint: to watch the boot progress, see "/Users/foobar/.lima/default/serial*.log")
INFO[0015] SSH Local Port: 60022
INFO[0015] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"
INFO[0103] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"
INFO[0191] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"
INFO[0279] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"
INFO[0366] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"
INFO[0454] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"
INFO[0542] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh"
FATA[0611] did not receive an event with the "running" status

$ limactl --version
limactl version 0.19.1

$ sw_vers
ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	12.7.2
BuildVersion:	21G1974

[timurguseynov]

I had a similar problem, no logs, no response and it turned out that the machine wasn't starting with UEFI firmware enabled.

Setting firmware legacyBIOS to true worked.

firmware:
  legacyBIOS: true

[AkihiroSuda]

I had a similar problem, no logs, no response and it turned out that the machine wasn't starting with UEFI firmware enabled.

Doesn't seem relevant to the OP ("My local username is admin")

[timurguseynov]

I saw switching to fedora didn't work for @Asutu, maybe this will work. Probably need a new issue for that

[wq9578]

I'm facing the same problem:

% brew install lima
...

% limactl start --plain
INFO[0123] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 1: "ssh" 
INFO[0139] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 1: "ssh" 
INFO[0150] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 1: "ssh" 
...

% limactl start
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh" 
INFO[0017] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh" 
INFO[0027] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 4: "ssh" 
...

% sw_vers 
ProductName:		macOS
ProductVersion:		14.4.1
BuildVersion:		23E224

% limactl --version
limactl version 0.21.0

Apple M1 chip.

Using the setting

firmware:
  legacyBIOS: true

as suggested above didn't help.

A similar problem on macOS with M1 chip was reported at Colima: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/issues/690

Maybe related: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/issues/255

[bo17age]

I'm working on this

[RyanKlann]

Same issue here for me. My local username is admin and its causing me exactly the same issues.