Connect to the VM console

If you lock yourself out of your VM, you can use the console to access it.

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Connect to a VM's console using the control panel

You can log in to both Linux and Windows servers via the console in VMware. The console is available under Actions in the server overview.

The console works the same way as the console in KVM, except for some minor differences in the user interface.

The keyboard in the VMware console

Unlike the KVM console, there is no virtual keyboard in VMware. Additionally, the keyboard layout may behave somewhat oddly, especially if you are using a Swedish keyboard on your local computer. The table below lists the most common special characters and how to access them with a Swedish keyboard.

Character	Key combination
!	Shift + 1
@	Shift + 2
#	Shift + 3
$	Shift + 4
%	Shift + 5
&	Shift + 6
*	Shift + 7
(	Shift + 8
)	Shift + 9
_	Shift + 0
-	Shift + ?
=	´ (to the left of backspace)
{	Alt-Gr + 7
}	Alt-Gr + 0
<	< (to the right of left shift)
>	Shift + < (to the right of left shift)
/	- (to the right of the dot)
~	Alt-Gr + ¨

Connect to a VM's console using the API

It's also possible to get a URL for the console window by making an API call to the endpoint server/console.