[SOLVED] Copying and Pasting into an Ubuntu Virtual Machine in the Web UI

[LunarMagic]

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how I can copy and paste into a Virtual Machine in the web interface using a web browser. This is specifically when you click the Console tab of a Virtual Machine The operating system is Ubuntu if that helps and I am on the latest version of Proxmox.

 

[fireon]

VNC Clipboard should help you
https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#qm_display

 

[LunarMagic]

VNC Clipboard should help you
https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#qm_display

Hello!

So i went to the Ubuntu machine and entered:

sudo apt install spice-vdagent


After I entered this command into proxmox's terminal:

qm set 489 -vga std,clipboard=vnc

Then I rebooted it.

I still can't copy and paste into the browser yet. I'm not sure what to do next

 

[fireon]

Works here as it should. I tested it with default and the VGA card you configured. Both work in both directions. You first copy it to the clipboard and then to the VM.

 

[LunarMagic]

Works here as it should. I tested it with default and the VGA card you configured. Both work in both directions. You first copy it to the clipboard and then to the VM.

View attachment 74368

So i tried right clicking shift right clicking and CTRL V and i still can't paste

 

[fireon]

Ah ok, yes, it doesn't work like that on a console. I use the serial console via xterm.js on all my servers. It works like a real terminal. Just copy/paste too. But this requires two things:

1. you have to add an serial port to your VM
2. you have to configure the serial port in your grub cmd "/etc/default/grub"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=ttyS0,115200"

and execute update-grub

After the the next reboot, your serial terminal with copy/paste should work

 

[BobhWasatch]

This solves one problem but creates new ones if you expect a serial terminal to behave like other windows.

 

[LunarMagic]

Ah ok, yes, it doesn't work like that on a console. I use the serial console via xterm.js on all my servers. It works like a real terminal. Just copy/paste too. But this requires two things:

1. you have to add an serial port to your VM
2. you have to configure the serial port in your grub cmd "/etc/default/grub"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=ttyS0,115200"

and execute update-grub

After the the next reboot, your serial terminal with copy/paste should work

IT WORKS WOO!!

Thank you so much!!!!!!

 

[fireon]

@LunarMagic Perfect . Please mark your thread as "solved". You can do this by editing your first post and setting the flag.