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