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

Preamble

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

Open the VNC console

To do this:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question.
3. Click on Open the VNC console under Quick Actions.

If a console display issue occurs, then from the VM:

In /etc/default/grub modify GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, GRUB_GFXMODE and GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX (the latter variable is probably missing and needs to 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 changed (1000x400 instead of 1280x1024 for example) to allow the VNC console to be displayed in the administration interface without opening a new tab.