Use the web terminal
Open a live shell to any server in your browser with Servor's web terminal — copy/paste, keyboard shortcuts and instant reconnect, no SSH client required.
The web terminal gives you a live shell to any connected server right in your browser — no SSH client, no keys to manage. This page covers opening it, copy and paste, keyboard shortcuts, and reconnecting after a drop.
Unlock your vault first
The terminal runs real commands, so it needs an unlocked vault. If you see the unlock screen, enter your passphrase — see Unlock your vault. Read-only viewers can't open the terminal; they can still browse command history.
Open the terminal
Pick a connected server
In Servers, open a server showing a green connected status. If it's unreachable, the terminal won't open until the agent is back.
Open the Terminal tab
Click Terminal on the server page. A live shell session starts on the machine — you're dropped into a prompt just like a local SSH session.
Start typing
Run commands as you normally would. Everything you run is also recorded in the server's searchable command history.
Copy and paste
The terminal supports copy and paste so you can move commands and output around freely:
- Copy — select text in the terminal; use your usual copy shortcut
(
Ctrl/Cmd + C). BecauseCtrl + Calso sends an interrupt to the running program, copy works on the current text selection — if nothing is selected,Ctrl + Cinterrupts instead. - Paste —
Ctrl/Cmd + Vpastes clipboard contents at the prompt. You can paste multi-line commands.
Check what you paste
Pasting multiple lines can execute each line immediately. Review multi-line pastes before sending, especially anything destructive. Servor still blocks known dangerous commands — see Run commands.
Keyboard shortcuts
The terminal behaves like a standard shell. The essentials:
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
Ctrl + C | Interrupt the running command (or copy the selection) |
Ctrl + D | Send end-of-file / exit the shell |
Ctrl + L | Clear the screen |
Ctrl/Cmd + V | Paste at the prompt |
↑ / ↓ | Scroll through your shell command history |
Tab | Autocomplete paths and commands |
Standard shell editing shortcuts (Ctrl + A, Ctrl + E, Ctrl + U, Ctrl + R
reverse-search, and so on) also work, since you're talking to the real shell on the
server.
Reconnecting
If your connection drops — you close your laptop, switch networks, or the browser tab sleeps — the terminal session ends. To get back in:
Reopen the Terminal tab
Return to the server and open Terminal again. A fresh session starts.
If the server is unreachable, repair the agent
A dropped terminal usually just means your browser lost the session. But if the server itself shows unreachable, the agent is down — repair the agent first, then reopen the terminal.
Long-running tasks
A new terminal session is a new shell, so anything you started interactively stops when the session ends. For tasks that must survive disconnects, run them in the background instead of the foreground — see Run commands.