OVH iKVM FAQs

Question 1

Does OVH iKVM support other cloud providers besides OVH?

Accepted Answer

Currently, OVH iKVM is specifically built and optimized for OVH bare metal servers, leveraging the OVH API for server listing and iKVM session management. While its architecture is modular, direct support for other providers is not yet implemented.

Question 2

What is OVH iKVM and its primary purpose?

Accepted Answer

OVH iKVM is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed to give Large Language Models (LLMs) visual access to OVH bare metal server consoles. Its primary purpose is to enable AI-powered debugging and monitoring by capturing optimized screenshots of the server screen.

Question 3

How does OVH iKVM facilitate AI-powered debugging?

Accepted Answer

It captures screenshots from either proprietary KVM WebSocket or standard VNC/RFB streams, optimizes them for LLM vision (2x upscale, brightness boost), and provides them to the LLM. This allows AI to 'see' and analyze console output for issues like boot failures, kernel panics, or network misconfigurations.

Question 4

Is a web browser required to capture console screenshots with OVH iKVM?

Accepted Answer

No, OVH iKVM operates without the need for a headless browser. It directly connects to the KVM WebSocket or VNC/RFB streams, processes the raw video frames or framebuffer data, and converts them into optimized PNG screenshots.

Question 5

What kind of bare metal server issues can OVH iKVM help diagnose?

Accepted Answer

OVH iKVM is invaluable for diagnosing issues that manifest visually on the server console, such as boot loop errors, kernel panics, GRUB errors, OS installation problems, network configuration missteps, and other critical early-stage deployment failures.

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