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Connections

A connection is a saved definition of something you want to reach — a server, a switch, a Windows desktop, an FTP server, a bucket, a serial console or your own shell. Ten connection types ship. Opening one starts a session, and a session is what the AI panel and the safety policy apply to.

Two fields on every connection carry more than their size in the dialog suggests: the environment tag, which colour-codes the connection and is how safety policy is scoped in practice, and Enable AI, which decides whether the assistant may see the session at all.

During the free trial and without a subscription, OpsPilot opens your first 10 saved connections; any others stay in the list, locked, until you subscribe. See Free trial and limits.

Pages in this section

  • Add a connection — the end-to-end task, step by step: + new connection, picking a type, the host, port, username and authentication fields, then environment, AI access and saving.
  • Connection types — all ten types, what each one opens (in-app terminal, embedded desktop, two-pane file view or an application in its own window), the default ports, and which of them are unencrypted.
  • Hypervisor consoles — attaching to a virtual machine's console through KVM/libvirt or OpenStack Nova, for the machine that will not boot or has no SSH at all.
  • Remote desktop (RDP & VNC) — graphical sessions, the Windows domain and fresh-session options, and which RDP client each platform uses.
  • Groups & environments — the side list: how groups carry Command Safety and Data Handling profiles, what environment colours are for, the AI badges, locked connections and keyboard use.
  • Credentials — where passwords, private keys, passphrases and the license activation secret are stored, password versus key authentication, and the recommended deployment.

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