Use VNC console on VPS Cloud / VPS Lite

This guide explains how to access the VNC console with VPS Cloud / VPS Lite Infomaniak.

Preamble

• Initial access to the server is by SSH key; it is therefore necessary to assign a password to the account root or create another user before you can authenticate with the VNC console.
• Attention: use the keyboard with US layout to be able to use VNC normally!

Open the VNC console

To this end:

1. Click here in order to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (Need help?).
2. Click directly on the nameallocated to the product concerned.
3. Click on Open the VNC console under Rapid action.

If there is a problem with the display of the console, then since the VM:

In /etc/default/grub edit GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, GRUB_GFXMODE and GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX (this last variable is probably missing and should be added):

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200 consoleblank=0 systemd.show_status=true video=VGA-1:1280x1024"
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024x16
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

Then update grub and restart:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

The resolution can be modified (1000x400 instead of 1280x1024 e.g.) to allow the VNC console to be displayed in the administration interface without opening a new tab.