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Use this option to connect to the guests consoles, kill active connections if any and to view console log files.

Notes:

• "telnet" and/or "putty" package must be installed, it they will be used to connect from the CHARON server to the virtual machine console
• The session will be recorded in a log file as '/opt/charon/log/console.<configuration file name shortened>.log'

• To leave the telnet session, press the escape character which is by default CTRL + ] . This character can be changed in the /root/.telnetrc file by defining the 'set escape' parameter:
  Example:

  # cat /root/.telnetrc DEFAULT   mode char   set escape ² #

  Pressing the escape key will lead you to the 'telnet> ' prompt. To leave the session, enter 'quit'

• If a connection to the console is active from the server, you will be prompted to kill the previous one.
• If a connection to the console is active from another location, it will be displayed but will not be killed. This will have to be done manually.
• Emulator termination check:
  
  • If the 'exit' command is detected at Main menu prompt, the guest STOP state will be set to REQUESTED. If a telnet connection to the console is performed without this utility, the REQUESTED state will not be set.
  • If the emulator is no more running when you leave the session, you will have to confirm that is requested or not
• To leave the "putty" session, close the window. Note this will not stop the virtual machine as it is running in the background.
• The console port number is displayed per guest. If a port number is used more than once, an alert will be displayed

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To enable this feature, edit the configuration file and add comments starting with "#INFO:"

Example:

Example

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If the configuration file is updated after the virtual machine is started, a warning message is displayed.

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