Restarting SSH broker in the event of a hang

Restarting SSH broker in the event of a hang.
Pre requirements:
This should only be attempted in the event of outbound connections hanging.

• If you are having problems performing a direct SSH connection “into” a system, this is not the correct procedure.

• You should attempt to make an SSH connection to a few other systems first, to ensure they all hang, before running with this. If ANY of the connections work, this is not a broker hang problem, but a problem on the specific system you need to connect to.


Steps to restart the broker:
• Ensure you are logged onto the system as the affected user

• "ps -aef | grep -i broker" take note of the PID on the ssh broker process

• Try command “ssh-broker-g3 –exit” to stop the process

• "ps -aef | grep -i broker" to check that it is now gone

Note: if the “ssh-broker-g3 –exit” command did not work, try it a 2nd, and maybe even a 3rd time before going to the kill option.

• If the broker process will not go, a “kill -9 PID” will need to be used

Note: A new broker will start up the first time the user attempts an outbound SSH connection, so the connection can be tested at this point.