====== Access A Virtual Machines Console ======

**General Information**

You might not have access to a GUI, always learn the CLI methods too. 

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====== GUI Method ======

From GUI Desktop on the system running KVM
  * Applications > System Tools > Virtual Machine Manager
  * Double click on running virtual machine to open console

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====== CLI Method ======

On the Virtual Machine
  * Edit the grub default config file<code bash>vim /etc/default/grub</code>
  * Append "console=ttyS0" to the end of "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX" variable<code bash>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.lvm.lv=centos/root rd.lvm.lv=centos/swap rhgb quiet console=ttyS0"</code>
  * Reboot the virtual machine

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On the KVM system
  * Connect to the virtual machine's console<code bash>virsh console myserver1.example.com</code>

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