I have a windows Jenkins server and a week or so ago I succeeded in connecting an Ubuntu 14.04 Server slave without any problem. Now I am trying to connect a 12.04 desktop and I get below. I keep thinking I am forgetting some stpe I did but its not coming to me. Please help.
[04/07/15 16:47:35] [SSH] Opening SSH connection to 165.88.210.99:22.
Connection refused: connect
ERROR: Unexpected error in launching a slave. This is probably a bug in Jenkins.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Connection is not established!
at com.trilead.ssh2.Connection.getRemainingAuthMethods(Connection.java:1030)
at com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.impl.TrileadSSHPasswordAuthenticator.canAuthenticate(TrileadSSHPasswordAuthenticator.java:82)
at com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.SSHAuthenticator.newInstance(SSHAuthenticator.java:207)
at com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshcredentials.SSHAuthenticator.newInstance(SSHAuthenticator.java:169)
at hudson.plugins.sshslaves.SSHLauncher.openConnection(SSHLauncher.java:1230)
at hudson.plugins.sshslaves.SSHLauncher$2.call(SSHLauncher.java:696)
at hudson.plugins.sshslaves.SSHLauncher$2.call(SSHLauncher.java:691)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
[04/07/15 16:47:36] Launch failed - cleaning up connection
[04/07/15 16:47:36] [SSH] Connection closed.
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