Access Your Server via VNC Console

When to Use the VNC Console

The VNC console provides direct keyboard and video access to your server, bypassing the network stack. Use it when:

• SSH is unreachable (misconfigured firewall, broken network)
• You need to edit GRUB or boot parameters
• The server is in rescue mode

Accessing the Console

1. Navigate to Servers and click your server.
2. Click Console in the top-right toolbar.
3. A browser window opens with a live VNC session.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Limitations

• VNC is not encrypted end-to-end (use SSH for sensitive operations)
• Clipboard paste is limited to ~1 KB
• No file transfer support

Resetting a Lost Root Password

1. Open the VNC console.
2. Reboot the server from the control panel.
3. When GRUB appears, press e to edit the boot entry.
4. Find the line starting with linux and append init=/bin/bash.
5. Press Ctrl+X to boot.
6. At the bash prompt: passwd root
7. Reboot: exec /sbin/init