VPS admin shell
Caution
The admin shell is a legacy part of our virtual server platform, which we are decommissioning. This provides a command line alternative to our control panel, which should be used for most management operations instead.
Currently the primary scenario in which you may want to use the admin console is to access your server's virtual serial console. We are currently upgrading our virtual server hosts to support web-based serial access, after which using the admin shell will no longer be neccessary.
Connecting
The admin shell is accessed via Secure Shell (SSH) to the server hosting your virtual machine, using your server name as the username. You should refer to the hosting server using this alias:
admin.yourservername.vs.mythic-beasts.com
A complete command to log in from a Linux client would be:
ssh -l yourservername admin.yourservername.vs.mythic-beasts.com
If this is the first time you have connected to the admin shell, you will need to either set a password, or upload a key for access. This can be done via the control panel.
If you are going to use keys for access, you can choose to disable password access in the control panel.
Commands
Once you are logged into the admin shell, you can access your server's serial console using:
console
To exit the serial console, use ctrl-a then x. To exit the admin shell, use quit.
If the console command is not available, your host has been upgraded to support web-based serial access.