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# Serial ports

Configure the serial devices that you use to communicate with the guest system.

## Topics

### Configurations

[`VZVirtioConsoleDeviceSerialPortConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDeviceSerialPortConfiguration)

A configuration object that requests the creation of a console device to communicate with the guest system.

[`VZSerialPortConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZSerialPortConfiguration)

The common configuration traits for serial port requests.

### Attachment points

[`VZFileHandleSerialPortAttachment`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZFileHandleSerialPortAttachment)

An attachment point that allows bidirectional communication using file handles.

[`VZFileSerialPortAttachment`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZFileSerialPortAttachment)

An attachment point that writes data from the guest system to a file.

[`VZSerialPortAttachment`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZSerialPortAttachment)

The common behaviors for the serial attachment points of your virtual machine.


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