Terminal

NAVIGATION   Modules > Devices > All Devices > select a device > Manage > Terminal

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The Terminal feature enables you to open an elevated command-line session on a target device and issue instructions to the endpoint. This article describes the process to do so.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN  For this feature to be available, the managed device must be powered on and checking in to your VSA 10 platform.

Launching a terminal session

You can launch a terminal session for a managed device from the Device List page. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. From the left navigation menu in VSA 10, navigate to Devices > Device List.
  2. You'll see a list of all of your managed endpoints, grouped by organization.
  1. Enter a partial or whole device name in the search bar at the top of the page. As you type, you'll notice the list of devices begins to filter to only those endpoints with attributes matching your search criteria. You can apply additional criteria to your search by selecting options from the Filter by list.
  2. Click any search result to populate the endpoint's extended details and management options in the device details pane.
  3. Scroll down to the Manage section and click the Terminal option.
  4. The device details pane will pivot to a remote terminal session on the selected device. You can issue commands via the input box at the bottom of the pane. To send a command, click Run or press Enter on your keyboard.
  5. To end the terminal session, click Close Session.

Command-line encoding

For a single terminal session to adequately display double-byte characters and prevent garbled output, you must set the required code page based on your expectations. The default code page (437) is defined by the device.

If your output is acceptable in Windows Terminal, first check your active code page (using command chcp) and then set the same code page in the VSA 10 terminal.

EXAMPLE  Code page 65001 is the code page for UTF-8, which usually provides the best results. To change the code page, simply run chcp 65001 in the VSA 10 terminal.