# Guest Console SSH Tunnel

In some scenarios, Instances that are segregated from the VM Essentials appliance by port restrictions, or other mechanisms, can cause difficulties to access the guest console via the VM Essentials web UI. Guest Console SSH Tunnel settings allow the administrator to configure a jump host’s settings that is dual-homed, accessible by VM Essentials but also resides on the segregated network. When the guest console is configured with the SSH protocol, the traffic will be routed to the jump host, which will then relay to the target instance.

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP HOST
:   DNS hostname or IP of the jump host to relay the traffic

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP PORT
:   Port override, if different than 22 for SSH

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP USERNAME
:   Username used to authenticate to the jump host

GUEST CONSOLE JUMP PASSWORD
:   Password that is used with the username to autenticate to the jump host

GUEST CONSOLE KEYPAIR
:   Keypair saved in VM Essentials to be used in lieu of, or in addition to, the password to the jump host, which is associated with the configured username Keypairs can be imported at: Infrastructure > Trust > Key Pairs
