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-.. _console_server:
-
-##############
-Console Server
-##############
-
-Starting of with VyOS 1.3 (equuleus) we added support for running VyOS as an
-Out-of-Band Management device which provides remote access by means of SSH to
-directly attached serial interfaces.
-
-Serial interfaces can be any interface which is directly connected to the CPU
-or chipset (mostly known as a ttyS interface in Linux) or any other USB to
-serial converter (Prolific PL2303 or FTDI FT232/FT4232 based chips).
-
-If you happened to use a Cisco NM-16A - Sixteen Port Async Network Module or
-NM-32A - Thirty-two Port Async Network Module - this is your VyOS replacement.
-
-For USB port information please refor to: :ref:`hardware_usb`.
-
-Configuration
-=============
-
-Between computers, the most common configuration used was "8N1": eight bit
-characters, with one start bit, one stop bit, and no parity bit. Thus 10 Baud
-times are used to send a single character, and so dividing the signalling
-bit-rate by ten results in the overall transmission speed in characters per
-second. This is also the default setting if none of those options are defined.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set service console-server <device> data-bits [7 | 8]
-
- Configure either seven or eight data bits. This defaults to eight data
- bits if left unconfigured.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set service console-server <device> description <string>
-
- A user friendly description identifying the connected peripheral.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set service console-server <device> parity [even | odd | none]
-
- Set the parity option for the console. If unset this will default to none.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set service console-server <device> stop-bits [1 | 2]
-
- Configure either one or two stop bits. This defaults to one stop bits if
- left unconfigured.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set service console-server <device> speed [ 300 | 1200 | 2400 | 4800 | 9600 | 19200 | 38400 | 57600 | 115200 ]
-
- .. note:: USB to serial converters will handle most of their work in software
- so you should be carefull with the selected baudrate as some times they
- can't cope with the expected speed.
-
-Remote Access
--------------
-
-Each individual configured console-server device can be directly exposed to
-the outside world. A user can directly connect via SSH to the configured
-port.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set service console-server <device> ssh port <port>
-
- Accept SSH connections for the given `<device>` on TCP port `<port>`.
- After successfull authentication the user will be directly dropped to
- the connected serial device.
-
- .. hint:: Multiple users can connect to the same serial device but only
- one is allowed to write to the console port.
-
-Operation
-=========
-
-.. opcmd:: show console-server ports
-
- Show configured serial ports and their respective interface configuration.
-
- .. code-block:: none
-
- vyos@vyos:~$ show console-server ports
- usb0b2.4p1.0 on /dev/serial/by-bus/usb0b2.4p1.0@ at 9600n
-
-.. opcmd:: show console-server user
-
- Show currently connected users.
-
- .. code-block:: none
-
- vyos@vyos:~$ show console-server user
- usb0b2.4p1.0 up vyos@localhost
-
-
-.. opcmd:: connect console-server <device>
-
- Locally connect to serial port identified by `<device>`.
-
- .. code-block:: none
-
- vyos@vyos-r1:~$ connect console-server usb0b2.4p1.0
- [Enter `^Ec?' for help]
- [-- MOTD -- VyOS Console Server]
-
- vyos-r2 login:
-
- .. hint:: Multiple users can connect to the same serial device but only
- one is allowed to write to the console port.
-
- .. hint:: The sequence ``^Ec?`` translates to: ``Ctrl+E c ?``. To quit
- the session use: ``Ctrl+E c .``