Could not retrieve SSH fingerprint. Make sure that Mac is reachable and remote login is enabled

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Ali Raza picture Ali Raza · Apr 11, 2017 · Viewed 7.9k times · Source

I am trying to connect to MAC Build host from visual studio but when i press connect button, above error is shown (same as title of this question).Please spend a few minutes reading following log file and provide me with your precious suggestions to fix it.Thanks

    Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage|Information|0|Hooked up SDB tracing adapter
Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage|Information|0|Initialization finished
Xamarin|Information|0|Xamarin - 4.4.0.34-d15-1+3f99c5a
Xamarin.VisualStudio.Activation.AccountManager|Information|0|VS2015 Enterprise
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager|Information|0|No license found for iOS
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager|Information|0|Running license sync for iOS
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager|Information|0|No license found for Android
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager|Information|0|Running license sync for Android
Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage|Information|0|Hooked up SDB tracing adapter
Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage|Information|0|Initialization finished
Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.XamarinIOSPackage|Warning|0|Initializing Xamarin.VisualStudio.IOS.XamarinIOSPackage.
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager|Information|0|Updated license: iOS VSEnterprise
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ActivationManager|Information|0|Updated license: Android VSEnterprise
Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage|Information|0|Hooked up SDB tracing adapter
Xamarin.VisualStudio.TastyPackage|Information|0|Initialization finished
Xamarin.VisualStudio.Android.XamarinAndroidPackage|Warning|0|Initializing Xamarin.VisualStudio.Android.XamarinAndroidPackage
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ProjectFixerRunner|Information|0|Solution loaded: 'PasswordResetModule'
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ProjectFixerRunner|Information|0|running fixup on project 'C:\Users\Ali Raza\Desktop\Xamarin Assets\PasswordResetModule\PasswordResetModule\PasswordResetModule.Android\PasswordResetModule.Android.csproj'
Xamarin.VisualStudio.ProjectFixerRunner|Information|0|running fixup on project 'C:\Users\Ali Raza\Desktop\Xamarin Assets\PasswordResetModule\PasswordResetModule\PasswordResetModule.iOS\PasswordResetModule.iOS.csproj'
Xamarin.VisualStudio.Remote.RemoteServer|Error|0|Could not retrieve fingerprint.
System.OperationCanceledException: Could not retrieve fingerprint. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
   at Renci.SshNet.Abstractions.SocketAbstraction.Connect(IPEndPoint remoteEndpoint, TimeSpan connectTimeout)
   at Renci.SshNet.Session.SocketConnect(String host, Int32 port)
   at Renci.SshNet.Session.Connect()
   at Renci.SshNet.BaseClient.Connect()
   at Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshFingerprintRetriever.<>c__DisplayClass1_0.<RetrieveFingerprintAsync>b__1() in C:\d\lanes\4471\3f99c5a7\source\xamarinvs\src\Messaging\Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh\SshFingerprintRetriever.cs:line 47
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshFingerprintRetriever.<RetrieveFingerprintAsync>d__0.MoveNext() in C:\d\lanes\4471\3f99c5a7\source\xamarinvs\src\Messaging\Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh\SshFingerprintRetriever.cs:line 24
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Xamarin.VisualStudio.Remote.FingerprintRetriever.<RetrieveFingerprintAsync>d__2.MoveNext() in C:\d\lanes\4471\3f99c5a7\source\xamarinvs\src\Core\Xamarin.VisualStudio.Remote\FingerprintRetriever.cs:line 20
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---

Answer

StuartQ picture StuartQ · Sep 7, 2017

I had this problem and eventually fixed the issue by rebooting my Mac.

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