I’m having issues ssh’ing into a XenServer VM. Therefore, I want to connect via CMD line to control a xen vm.

1. ssh to my-xen-server-box

   ssh my-xen-server-box

2. List your VMs & take note of the uuid’s

   [root my-xen-server-box ~]# xe vm-list
   uuid ( RO)           : 60c1607b-1e51-bfe7-088e-a4a868b80f7f
        name-label ( RW): docker
       power-state ( RO): running
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : 96b5c2e3-5c76-a354-74ef-c324069a7c91
        name-label ( RW): jenkins
       power-state ( RO): running
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : e0bac120-5676-50fc-7989-c11f5cf1537d
        name-label ( RW): puppet_host1
       power-state ( RO): running
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : cc502056-ee19-1c97-a90c-a6dfe766db67
        name-label ( RW): devops
       power-state ( RO): halted
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : c4555386-c498-4434-8926-3a42e607aabc
        name-label ( RW): networkadmin
       power-state ( RO): running
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : f312e45d-506e-a626-5b28-ba9a179f5524
        name-label ( RW): webserver
       power-state ( RO): halted
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : dc50cbba-ec9f-4fba-8135-d104a4dc0c61
        name-label ( RW): Control domain on host: my-xen-server-box
       power-state ( RO): running
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : e4177291-c3e8-8f6c-93ad-a127fe4e9b62
        name-label ( RW): puppet_host2
       power-state ( RO): running
   
   
   uuid ( RO)           : dbe265c4-a19d-8211-eb57-161359509a2c
        name-label ( RW): puppet_master
       power-state ( RO): running
   

3. List your domains. Note the uuid column.

   [root my-xen-server-box ~]# list_domains
   id |                                 uuid |  state
    0 | dc50cbba-ec9f-4fba-8135-d104a4dc0c61 |     R 
    2 | 60c1607b-1e51-bfe7-088e-a4a868b80f7f |    B  
    4 | e0bac120-5676-50fc-7989-c11f5cf1537d |    B  
    5 | e4177291-c3e8-8f6c-93ad-a127fe4e9b62 |    B  
    6 | dbe265c4-a19d-8211-eb57-161359509a2c |    B  
    7 | 96b5c2e3-5c76-a354-74ef-c324069a7c91 |    B  
    8 | c4555386-c498-4434-8926-3a42e607aabc |    B  
   

4. Look in the uuid column for your vm’s uuid. Take note of the id column value to the left
5. Connect to this VM via xenconsole

   [root my-xen-server-box ~]# /usr/lib/xen/bin/xenconsole 4
   
   
   Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS puppet-host1 hvc0
   
   puppet-host1 login: username
   Password: 
   Last login: Sun Jan 18 11:24:28 PST 2015 on hvc0
   Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64)
   
    * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/
   
     System information as of Tue Jan 27 11:10:39 PST 2015
   
   
   0 packages can be updated.
   0 updates are security updates.