VGNCloud
SSH is how you work on the machine. The console is how you get back in when SSH is the thing that broke. It is a browser window onto the machine itself: keyboard and screen, not a second SSH daemon.
It lives on the server page in the CLOUD panel, at cloud.vgncloud.com. Sign in with VGNCloud, open the VPS, open Console.
When to use it
- You DROPโd port 22 in the panel firewall.
- sshd is down, bound to the wrong address, or refusing passwords (including
Permission denied (publickey)after a credentials email). - The network inside the guest is misconfigured and the address does not answer.
- You need to see a boot message. SSH will not show you that.
It will not help if the machine is powered off. Start it first. It will not help if you forgot the root password and have no key โ reset the password from Settings, wait for the mail, then use the console or SSH. Resetting does not need SSH.
What it is not
It is not a file manager. It is not SFTP. It is not a way to skip root. You still sign in as root (or whatever account you created) with the same password or key workflow as SSH. After a fresh image, that is the password from the email, or the key you pasted at setup.
The session is tied to your panel login. Close the tab when you are done, the same way you would not leave a root SSH session open on a cafรฉ laptop.
After you are in
Fix the actual problem โ the firewall rule, sshd, the network โ so the next login can be SSH again. The console is the spare key under the mat, not the front door.
If the disk is the problem and you do not need anything on it, reinstall. If you need the data, copy it off once SSH or the console lets you, then decide. We will not have a snapshot to roll back to. See backups. The product itself is on the VPS page.