Enable Serial Console for Rocky Linux 9 / CentOS in Proxmox

enable_serial_console_rhel_in_proxmox.md

Enable Serial Console for Rocky Linux / CentOS / RHEL in Proxmox

This guide is a combination of two sources

https://www.thegeekdiary.com/centos-rhel-7-how-to-configure-serial-getty-with-systemd/

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Serial_Terminal

Done in Proxmox console

Add serial port to VM

qm set [VM ID] -serial0 socket

Shutdown completely the VM and start it again so the serial port is active.

Done in VM

Copy template settings for Serial Console to ttyS0 file

 cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]

Update the new file like this

[Service]
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --keep-baud 115200,38400,9600 %I $TERM    <-- Change this parameter, add %I
Type=idle

Create a symlink and reload the console

ln -s /etc/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start [email protected]
systemctl enable [email protected]

Update GRUB

# in /etc/default/grub change the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX parameter so it contains both consoles like this

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200" 

Apply changes and reboot

grub2-mkconfig -o "$(readlink -e /etc/grub2.conf)"

reboot

Back in Proxmox terminal you can now attach to the Console like this

qm terminal [VM ID]

Hi just to confirm, the modification of : console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 , you do boot into the rocky vm and into the vm you add this to the grub of rocky9 ? And then, when we click in proxmox, at the vm console, we will see directly the console without having to log over ssh to the vm...
thanks for precision.

Hi just to confirm, the modification of : console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 , you do boot into the rocky vm and into the vm you add this to the grub of rocky9 ? And then, when we click in proxmox, at the vm console, we will see directly the console without having to log over ssh to the vm... thanks for precision.

That is not precise.. I did not manage to just open a VM console with

it gets stuck with

I was able to get all data with qm terminal so I let it be for time being but if you find out what to do to make it fully working let me know..

And yes, I have a template VM that has all the changes mentioned above implemented, even the GRUB line.. I just realized it doesn't say it specifically that you should just add the consoles there and not change whole GRUB line, I hope it's understandable