06-29-2026 10:30 AM
I am loading a VM on a C8300 platform using IOx. I can load, activate, and run the VM but I cannot figure out how to access the console. The VM itself is configured for the standard console and a serial console (/dev/ttys0) and has qemu tools loaded. If I try to connect to the console, I get the following return:
Error processing command. Server returned 501
Any advice on how to enable the console?
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06-30-2026 12:00 AM
if this configured as GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" and connecting fails :
app-hosting connect appid <your_vm_app_id> console
then look below post may help :
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06-29-2026 10:29 PM
Hello @thock
Please share your IOS xe version and whether you deployed the VM as a VM application or an OCI container ?
Thanks.
06-30-2026 07:20 AM
I am currently running IOS-XE 17.12.05a and I am installing my application as a VM with ioxclient version 1.18.0.0. The VM installs and runs but I don't have any console access. I have /dev/ttyS0 configured as a serial console in the VM but it is not clear how to configure the package.yaml file to use it.
06-30-2026 12:45 PM
Maybe this is my problem... When I run ioxclient platform device getcfg I see the following in the output:
"console": {
"enabled": false,
"group_name": "libvirtd",
"setup_script": "setupconsole.sh",
"teardown_script": "teardownconsole.sh",
"user_name": "appconsole"
},
Is there any way to enable this?
06-30-2026 12:00 AM
if this configured as GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" and connecting fails :
app-hosting connect appid <your_vm_app_id> console
then look below post may help :
=====️ Preenayamo Vasudevam ️=====
***** Rate All Helpful Responses *****
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