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# VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration

A console device that enables communication between the host and the guest using console ports through a Virtio interface.

```
class VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration
```

## Overview

A [`VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration) object enables serial communication between the guest-operating system and host computer through the Virtio interface. The device sets up one or more ports through [`VZVirtioConsolePortConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsolePortConfiguration) on the Virtio console device.

## Topics

### Creating the configuration object

[`init()`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration/init())

Creates a console port configuration object.

### Configuring the console ports

[`ports`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration/ports)

The list of Virtio port configurations.

## See Also

[`consoleDevices`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineConfiguration/consoleDevices)

The array of console devices that you expose to the guest operating system.


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