boot

• This allows you to boot your Xen guest if it is currently shutdown.

console

serial

• These, identical, commands allow you to access your Xen guest's console, allowing you to login if your networking is broken, or if you've chosen to disable the OpenSSH? server.

exit

quit

• These commands both exit the shell, saving any commands you might have entered into the history file.

help (command1 command2)

• When invoked with no arguments the help command will show a list of available commands and a one-line description of them all. If you wish help on a specific command you can use "help command" to see more details.

passwd

• If the client is connecting to the host system via OpenSSH? using a plain text password then this command will allow them to change that password.

reboot

• This allows you to reboot your running Xen guest.

rescue

• This allows you to boot into a rescue console. You must follow this with either the "serial" or "console" command. To shutdown, you may need, "shutdown force". Note that depending on the status and configuration of an OS, not all systems may successfully enter a rescue mode.

reimage

• This command will allow you to perform a reimage of your OS. You must first "shutdown" the instance.

shutdown (force)

• This command will shutdown your currently running instane. It will remain shutdown until you issue a boot command. Graceful by default, specify 'force' to perform a hard power-off.

status

• This command shows you the current status of your Xen guest.

sshkey (key)

• Submit a new SSH key to the server for public-key authentication. Takes an OpenSSH?-format key as an argument.

uptime

• This command will show you the uptime of your instance.

version

• This shows you the version of the management console.

whoami

• This shows your username.

Removed some -- needs updating --ewindisch, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:34:27 -0400

Removed obsolete commands. Needs reference for new commands.