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title: How to Open the Console on a Cloud Server
description: "**In short:** The **console** is a direct control window to your server, like sitting in front of its screen. It works even when the network or SSH is down, so you use it to fix a server that stops responding.…"
url: "https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/how-to-open-console-on-cloud-server/"
updated: "2026-09-29"
category: cloud servers / Explanations of use
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# How to Open the Console on a Cloud Server

**In short:** The **console** is a direct control window to your server, like sitting in front of its screen. It works even when the network or SSH is down, so you use it to fix a server that stops responding. Open it from the client area: **Services → My Services**, choose the server, then **Server Quick Actions → Console**.

## What is the console?

The Linux console is the system console of the Linux kernel: it receives all system messages and warnings and allows logins in single-user mode.

## When should I use the console?

When you cannot reach the server over SSH, or you have a problem you cannot fix through SSH, such as a firewall rule or network setting that locked you out.

## How to open the console

1. Log in to the [client area](https://www.hyyatdomain.com/) (see [how to log in to the client area](https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/explain-how-to-enter-the-client-area/)).
   ![How to Open the Console on a Cloud Server - screenshot 1](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/login-hyyat.png)
2. Click **Services**, then **My Products & Services**.
   ![How to Open the Console on a Cloud Server - screenshot 2](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/reboot-server-cloud.png)
3. Your services are listed. Choose the server you want to manage and click **Active**.
   ![شرح إعادة تعيين سيرفر الكلاود](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/reboot-server-cloud1.png)
4. Scroll down to **Server Quick Actions** and choose **Console**. A warning appears: "Are you sure you wanted to launch console?" Click **Confirm**.
   ![شرح تفعيل console في كلاود سرفر](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/console.png)

   ![شرح تفعيل console في كلاود سرفر](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/console1.png)
5. The console opens in a new tab. Log in with your server credentials and fix the problem.
   ![شرح تفعيل console في كلاود سرفر](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/console2.png)

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