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==== Local vhost access ====
The GUI of a vhost can only be displayed on a host on which a GUI is installed. On most KVM hosts a GUI is not installed. That's why the GUI of a vhost often cannot be displayed on a KVM server.

But access to the console of a vhost is easily possible on a kvm host. The command ''virsh console <vhost>'' is the tool of choice:
  kvm5:~# virsh console client
  Connected to domain client
  Escape character is ^]
  
  Debian GNU/Linux 9 cougar ttyS0
  
  client login: admin
  Password: 
  
  Last login: Tue Apr 24 12:34:10 CEST 2018 from 10.0.0.6 on pts/2
  Linux client 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64
  
  The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
  the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
  individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
  
  Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
  permitted by applicable law.
  admin@client:~$ sudo -i
  client:~# 
The picture above shows the access to a serial console ('ttyS0') of a vhost named 'client'. This only works, when a serial console was added to the vhost as described on [[public:kvm:install|this page]].\\ 
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