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title: "Connect to Virtual Serial Console"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforOCI/1557463189/Connect%20to%20Virtual%20Serial%20Console"
format: markdown
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1. Click on the 3 dots next to your Console Connection.
2. Select **Copy Serial Console** for your operating system.

![image-20250526-095314.png](media://33b482c2-8878-4853-ae11-6550fd8a840e)

3. Paste the connection string into a text editor.

![image-20250526-095331.png](media://1f04f748-fa2e-48b6-aa59-b98107153b64)

4. After the initial ssh, add **-i <your-private-key>**.
5. Inside the proxy command, after ssh, enter **-i <your-private-key>**.

![image-20250526-095350.png](media://ba283ca4-1e2d-402b-a06a-f9341864f863)

6. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you stored your private key.
7. Copy and paste your edited connection string into the terminal.

![image-20250526-095406.png](media://12d60bd4-b588-42d9-b27e-3adae43d9a8d)

8. If prompted, enter **yes** to continue connecting.
9. If prompted, enter **yes** again to add the instance to your known hosts.

![image-20250526-095421.png](media://f062c997-34c0-4710-bd2f-0c5e1b65ab8c)

10. At the login prompt, use the NIOS default username and password to login: **admin/infoblox**.

![image-20250526-095443.png](media://d6bcae96-5871-436c-825c-419e1981a99a)

11. Once logged into the console, you can use **NIOS CLI commands** to view and configure system settings.

12.  To verify necessary licenses are installed, use the **show license** command.

![image-20250526-095500.png](media://2b591ad5-3df1-44cf-b477-0e394d3f4396)