Console VM Copy/Paste

[hlago]

Hi, Is it possible to enable the copy-and-paste function in the VM console? In the virtual machine configuration, I see the following line; however, even after changing it to 0.0.0.0, I still cannot connect via VNC.

[AshwiniBarath]

Hello @hlago 
Hope you are doing well.

Toggling VNC ports (e.g., setting to 0.0.0.0) doesn’t enable clipboard functionality — VNC simply does not support it.
Clipboard copy/paste requires switching to the SSH console method.
To enable copy-and-paste in Morpheus VM console:

Turn off the VNC-based Hypervisor Console (enabling SSH mode).
Use the built-in “Paste Text Here” field to insert clipboard content into the SSH console window.

You’ll get reliable copy/paste support once you're in SSH console mode.
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Regards,
Ashwini

[hlago]

I´m referring to being able to copy and paste from another machine to the VME console of a Windows machine, for example, just as you can do in VMware using the VMware Remote Console.

Thanks

[acederlund]

Is there any plans to build support for copy/paste in the future, to be more on par with the functions in VMware for example?

[prose-dev]

The SSH console's "Paste Text Here" field is the cleanest fix when the VM has networking and SSH. For the VNC console (installers, recovery shells, BIOS) the only route is typing the text as keystrokes, because VNC has nothing to paste into.

I'm the developer of Prose, a Windows tool that does that: paste the text, click the console, and it types it at a pace the console keeps up with. Shell modes mean a script doesn't run until you press Enter. Typing is free; reading the console back afterwards to check every character arrived is in the 14-day Pro trial. proseapp.pages.dev