KVM Virsh Console Access for Debian and FreeBSD VMs

To provide the VMs with console access via terminal on the hypervisor:

Debian

Within the VM:

$ cp -a /lib/systemd/system/serial-getty@.service /etc/systemd/system/
$ systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyS0.service
$ systemctl start serial-getty@ttyS0.service Access the console by typing:

Then you can simply access the VM from an SSH terminal on the host/hypervisor:

$ virsh console 'VM'

FreeBSD

$ nano /boot/loader.conf

And add

console="comconsole"

Edit the line which contains ttyu0 in /etc/ttys to the following:

$ nano /etc/ttys 
ttyu0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   vt100   on  secure

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