1.3. Accessing the console

Opening a console on your virtual machine

Console access

Make sure you are on your VM’s details page and that it is started.

Now open your VM’s console by clicking on Open web console. A new window opens. Wait for the console to connect.

VNC web console

You can now use the default credentials to log in:

  • User: cirros
  • Password: gocubsgo

Try executing a couple of commands, such as:

whoami
ping tim-koko.ch

Task 1.3.2: Entering the console using virtctl

By executing the following command in your openshift terminal, you can also use the virtctl cli to conncet to the virtual machines console:

virtctl console lab01-firstvm --namespace lab-<username>
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