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Serial Port Terminal View

The Terminal View in VirtualProg allows you to interact with a virtual machine's serial console directly from the VirtualProg UI.

📸 Screenshot: Terminal View

🧭 Accessing Terminal View

To open the serial terminal view:

  • Start the virtual machine.
  • In the Virtual Machine Window, click the Serial Port icon from the top-right toolbar.
  • Select the serial port configured in Console Mode to launch the terminal.

🔗 For a full view of this toolbar, see Virtual Machine View.

🖥 Functionality

  • Displays the live output of the guest operating system's serial console.
  • You can log in and interact just as you would on a physical terminal.
  • Works especially well for headless or server-mode Linux VMs that expose hvc0, ttyS0, or similar.

🛠 Configuration Requirement

Ensure that:

  • A serial port is added in the VM configuration in Console mode.
  • The guest OS is configured to output to the correct serial device.

💡 Use this terminal for debugging, monitoring, or working with VMs without graphical interfaces.