Web terminal

The Coolify Web Terminal lets you open a shell for a connected server or running container from the dashboard.

Only team owners and administrators can use terminal features. Commands run with the permissions of the selected server user or container, so close the terminal when you finish.

Before you start

Make sure:

the server is reachable and validated
Terminal Access is enabled for the server
you are a team owner or administrator

Open a terminal

Select a server or container

Select Terminal in the Coolify sidebar.
Open Select a server or container.
Choose the server or running container you want to access.
Select Connect.

Wait for the command prompt to appear.

Confirm the terminal works

Run a read-only command first:

pwd

For a server, the output should show the current directory for the SSH user configured in Coolify. For a container, it shows the current directory inside that container.

You can now run the command needed for your task. Close the browser terminal when you finish.

Open a resource terminal

You can also open Terminal from an individual server, application, database, or service when that resource provides a terminal page.

The same server setting controls both the global Terminal page and these resource terminals.

Change terminal access

Use this setting when nobody should be able to open dashboard terminals for a server or its containers.

Disable terminal access

Terminal Access setting under server Security

Open Servers.
Select the server.
Select Security.
Open Terminal Access.
Select Disable Terminal.
Enter the server name and your Coolify account password in the confirmation window.
Complete the confirmation.

The change takes effect immediately. The server and its containers disappear from dashboard terminal selectors, including for owners and administrators.

Disabling this setting does not block normal SSH connections made outside Coolify.

Enable terminal access again

Return to Servers > your server > Security > Terminal Access.
Select Enable Terminal.
Enter the server name and your Coolify account password.
Complete the confirmation.
Return to Terminal and confirm the server appears in the selector.

If the terminal does not connect

Confirm the server is reachable from its General page.
Confirm Terminal Access is enabled.
Confirm the container is running if you selected a container.
If you open a self-hosted Coolify dashboard directly on port 8000, confirm port 6002 is allowed by the firewall.
Try the server terminal before the container terminal to confirm the SSH connection works.

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