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The console in your browser

Reach the screen and keyboard of a virtual server from the client area, without SSH or Remote Desktop, even when the network inside it is broken.

Last reviewed 2026-10-04

The Console tab gives you the screen and the keyboard of the machine itself, in a browser tab. It does not go through the network inside the server, so it still works when a firewall rule, a network setting or a broken boot has locked you out of SSH or Remote Desktop.

This is the one to reach for when nothing else answers.

Open it

  1. Open your server and click Console.
  2. Click Open console.

The screen appears in a few seconds. Click into it, then type. A Linux server shows its login prompt, so sign in as root with the password. A Windows server shows the lock screen.

If the server is powered off you see a note saying so. Start it from the Overview tab first.

While you are in there

  • Disconnect closes the session. The server is untouched.
  • Send Ctrl + Alt + Del sends that key combination into the machine. You need it to reach the Windows sign in screen, and it is useful on Linux too.
  • No plug-ins, no downloads and nothing to install. It runs in the browser.

Limits

  • A session closes on its own after 30 minutes. Open it again if you need longer.
  • Two sessions can be open on the same server at once. If you get a message saying two are already open, close one and try again.
  • The console is closed while a service is suspended.
  • Each time you open it, a line is written to your activity log.

Things it is good for

  • Getting back in after a firewall change refused your own address.
  • Watching a server boot, including the boot menu and any file system check.
  • Fixing a network configuration you broke from inside.
  • Single user mode and recovery shells, which SSH cannot reach.
  • Working on a Windows server before Remote Desktop has finished starting.

Things to know

Pasting into the console is not the same as pasting into a terminal. Your browser sends the characters as if you typed them, so a long password can be slow and a stray character is possible. For anything long, prefer SSH or Remote Desktop once you have them working again.

Keyboard layout follows what the operating system inside the server is set to, not what your own machine is set to. On a fresh install that is usually US English.

If the page says the hypervisor is not reporting the machine, something is wrong on our side rather than yours. Email [email protected] with the server name.