The keys should be synchronized between the server and the appliance. On the server grep the public key with the following command:

[root@localhost log]# /usr/lib/openqrm/bin/dropbearkey -t rsa -f /usr/lib/openqrm/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key -y
Public key portion is:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgwCBvwSO7vBBL2avDMds...pVn root@localhost.localdomain
Fingerprint: md5 65:ca:5b:3b:05:c3:61:6d:fb:75:2f:c0:d2:7e:02:cf

Copy the ssh-rsa public key in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys on the appliance.

Now communication should be established.

OpenQRM event log with example of error message caused by communication problem:

openqrm-cmd-queue ERROR executing command with token 64d478dcac6670e5fb000e7c4954863b : /usr/lib/openqrm/bin/dbclient



Aug 26 23:19:45 localhost httpd: openQRM resource-monitor: (update_info) Processing statistics from resource 2
Aug 26 23:19:48 localhost logger: openQRM-cmd-queu: Running Command with token 64d478dcac6670e5fb000e7c4954863b 1. retry : /usr/lib/openqrm/bin/dbclient -I 0 -K 10 -y -i /usr/lib/openqrm/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key -p 1667 root@192.168.42.243 "/usr/lib/openqrm/bin/openqrm-cmd /usr/lib/openqrm/plugins/xen/bin/openqrm-xen post_vm_list -u openqrm -p openqrm"
Aug 26 23:19:52 localhost logger: openQRM-cmd-queu: ERROR executing command with token 64d478dcac6670e5fb000e7c4954863b 2. retry : /usr/lib/openqrm/bin/dbclient -I 0 -K 10 -y -i /usr/lib/openqrm/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key -p 1667 root@192.168.42.243 "/usr/lib/openqrm/bin/openqrm-cmd /usr/lib/openqrm/plugins/xen/bin/openqrm-xen post_vm_list -u openqrm -p openqrm" -----
Aug 26 23:19:52 localhost logger: Host '192.168.42.243' key accepted unconditionally.
Aug 26 23:19:52 localhost logger: (fingerprint md5 64:d5:c7:8e:7a:11:08:3f:43:bc:3c:2b:bf:4a:c8:ce)
Aug 26 23:19:52 localhost logger: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: root@192.168.42.243's password: /usr/lib/openqrm/bin/dbclient: connection to root@192.168.42.243:1667 exited: remote closed the connection