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title: "Connecting to the Serial Console of a vNIOS Instance"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/vniosproxmox/1861582946/Connecting%20to%20the%20Serial%20Console%20of%20a%20vNIOS%20Instance"
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The Proxmox Virtual Environment console has the option to connect to the NIOS serial console. Use the console to install licenses, view logs for troubleshooting, and perform other actions.

To connect to the serial console:

1. In the Proxmox Virtual Environment console > resource tree > click the virtual machine instance.
2. Open the serial console in one of the following ways:
  1. Click **Console** in the navigation panel of the virtual machine instance.  
The console opens within the Proxmox Virtual Environment console.
  2. In the top panel of the virtual machine instance, click the **Console** drop-down list and select **noVNC**.  
The console opens in a standalone window.