Opening a VM console

The Console button opens a VM's screen right in your browser — the equivalent of plugging a monitor into the machine — over an encrypted, same-origin connection.

To open a console:
1. On the VMs tab, tap "Console" on a running VM.
2. The screen loads in the panel. Interact with it like any VNC session.
3. Tap "Close" when done.

How it stays secure:
The console runs over noVNC. When you open it, the Cloud module asks the server for a short-lived, signed ticket for that specific VM, then connects through your own Turtini origin (a secure wss connection) — never a raw cross-origin link — so browsers on a secure page don't block it. The host-agent on the hypervisor verifies the ticket before bridging you to the VM's display, so only authorized users get in, and the access window expires quickly.

If the console won't connect:
• "Console needs the host-agent console bridge…" means the shared console secret hasn't been provisioned on the appliance. An operator runs the console provisioning step once — see "Provisioning the VM console secret." Until then, the panel shows the VM's raw console endpoint so you can connect with a standalone VNC client.
• The VM must be running to have a console.