[openstack-dev] [nova] How to connect to a serial port of an instance via websocket?

Solly Ross sross at redhat.com
Tue Oct 28 18:22:04 UTC 2014


You should be able to connect like a normal WebSocket, assuming you're running the serial console websocketproxy (it's a different command from the VNC web socket proxy).  If you want, you can ping
on IRC and I can help you debug your JS code.

Best Regards,
Solly Ross

(directxman12 on freenode IRC)

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Markus Zoeller" <mzoeller at de.ibm.com>
> To: openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:09:44 AM
> Subject: [openstack-dev] [nova] How to connect to a serial port of an	instance via websocket?
> 
> The API provides an endpoint for querying the serial console of an
> instance ('os-getSerialConsole'). The nova-client interacts with this
> API endpoint via the command `get-serial-console`.
> 
>     nova get-serial-console myInstance
>  
> It returns a string like:
> 
>     ws://127.0.0.1:6083/?token=e2b42240-375d-41fe-a166-367e4bbdce35
>  
> Q: How is one supposed to connect to such a websocket?
> 
> [1]
> https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/consoles.py#L111
> [2]
> https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/50671/how-to-connect-to-a-serial-port-of-an-instance-via-websocket/
> 
> Regards,
> Markus Zoeller
> IRC: markus_z
> 
> 
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