Access your server using the web console

This page will guide you through the use of the web console in the STACKIT Portal for connecting to your server.

Keyboard layout and shortcuts

The web console is configured to emulate the American keyboard layout. Users with differing keyboard layouts will notice that completely mixed up characters and special characters will appear on the console. For such cases we recommend to change or resp. add the American keyboard layout on your PC/workstation.

Following vendor KB-articles will guide with setting up the keyboard layout on:

Windows 10/11: Manage the input and display language settings in Windows

macOS: Write in another language on Mac

If you decide otherwise, there are a few predefined keyboard shortcuts for the web console that simplify its use and makes your work more efficient. Below, you will find a list with most used keyboard shortcuts incl. examples:

For some special characters, the “Capslock” key must be pressed instead of the “Shift” key (Capslock can be pressed either at the same time or before).

• Example: Instead of “Shift” + “7” for ”/” you can press “Capslock” + “7” in the web console (incl. another “Capslock” afterwards to deactivate)
• Example: Instead of “Shift” + “0” for ”=” you can press “Capslock” + “0” in the web console (incl. another “Capslock” afterwards to deactivate)
• Example: Instead of “Alt gr” + “Q” for ”@” you can press “Capslock” + “Shift” “2” in the web console (incl. another “Capslock” again afterwards to deactivate
• Example: Instead of ”#” you can press “Capslock” + “Shift” “3” in the web console (incl. another “Capslock” afterwards to deactivate)

Please avoid German special characters (“ö”, “ä”, “ü”, “ß”, etc.), as you would be forced to use ASCII codes (ALT + ) to enter these characters.

The web console is an emulated console access to the VM. For this reason, the copy/paste function, is not available.

Access a server using the web console

The web console is an emulated console access to the respective virtual machine (VM). Use it to perform emergency actions via the console in the event of an error in the SSH configuration. The web console can be used as follows:

Assign user credentials for the VM

In order to use the web console, appropriate credentials must be generated during server installation (or directly on the server): Creating a new VM. Note the information on password complexity and avoiding certain characters.

When entering usernames and passwords, please note that special characters must sometimes be entered differently in the web console: Keyboard Shortcuts.

Open web console

Use the STACKIT Portal to list all servers in your project and select the appropriate one. You can select the web console in the context menu of the server. You can be reach it via the function menu for the respective VM.

Allow pop-up dialogs in your browser as this is necessary for the web console to start.

The web console then opens and can be used to log into the server. As login data, please use the username and password information provided during the server installation (see Create a new STACKIT Server instance).

After you finish your work, log off from the server for security reasons, to close the terminal session. For Windows, please use Log off button. For Linux / Unix systems, you can use the “exit” command.