ix serial

Attach to a VM's emulated serial console (host-terminated)

Usage: ix serial [OPTIONS] <VM>

Attach to a VM's emulated serial console (host-terminated).

The rescue line for when ix shell fails: guest agent dead, kernel panic, initramfs prompt. Bytes flow through the emulated UART, so it answers whenever the guest kernel is alive enough to talk.

arguments

<VM> VM name from ix ls

options

--force <FORCE> Evict any existing serial attach holder. Without this, a second attach is refused with the existing holder's label default: false
--message-format <MESSAGE_FORMAT> Error format one of: human, short, json default: human