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Plesk Migration error: Failed to check SSH connection to the source server ‘source’

 
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Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

  • A Plesk migration (Tools & Settings > Migration & Transfer Manager) is currently stuck at "Check connections" phase.

  • The migration info.log file on the target server shows the following error:

    # less /opt/psa/var/modules/panel-migrator/sessions/20230105213105/info.log
    [2023-01-05 21:31:07][ERROR] Unable to execute command because another migration is in progress.
    [2023-01-06 15:01:37][INFO] START: Check connections
    [2023-01-06 15:03:47][ERROR] Unable to connect to '203.0.113.2' by SSH: [Errno 110] Connection timed out. Retrying in 10 seconds
    [2023-01-06 15:06:07][ERROR] Unable to connect to '203.0.113.2' by SSH: [Errno 110] Connection timed out. Retrying in 10 seconds
    [2023-01-06 15:08:26][ERROR] Unable to connect to '203.0.113.2' by SSH: [Errno 110] Connection timed out. Retrying in 10 seconds
    [2023-01-06 15:10:45][ERROR] Unable to connect to '203.0.113.2' by SSH: [Errno 110] Connection timed out. Retrying in 10 seconds
    [2023-01-06 15:13:05][ERROR] Failed to check SSH connection to the source server 'source' (203.0.113.2): Unable to connect to '203.0.113.2' by SSH: [Errno 110] Connection timed out.
    Ensure that the server is up and there are no firewall rules that may block SSH connections to the server, then restart migration.

  • An SSH manual connection from the target to the does not work:

    # root@plesk-server:~# ssh -v [email protected] -p22
    OpenSSH_8.2p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.5, OpenSSL 1.1.1f 31 Mar 2020
    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
    debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/*.conf matched no files
    debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for *
    debug1: Connecting to 203.0.113.2 [203.0.113.2] port 22.

  • Telnet from the target also does not work:

    # root@plesk-server:~# telnet 203.0.113.2 22
    Trying 203.0.113.2...
    telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out

  • Target IP address is not blocked by Fail2ban or is in the allowlist (whitelist).

  • Target IP is not blocked on source firewall, and SSH connections are allowed.

Cause

Network connection issue between servers

Resolution

Contact the network administrator

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