Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install conserver

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add conserver

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · conserver · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install conserver-client

Debian stable package indexes · conserver-client · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install conserver

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · conserver · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#conserver

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/co/conserver/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install gnome-console

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gnome-console · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Allows multiple users to watch a serial console at the same time

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

conserver
console

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Conserver is a console-server daemon and client for shared serial-console access, logging, and remote operations. It belongs to the older system-administration world of terminal servers, crash consoles, out-of-band access, and forensic console logs.

Projektgeschichte

The official site defines Conserver as an application that lets multiple users watch a serial console at the same time, log traffic, grant one writer at a time, and access equipment over the network. The conserver(8) manual describes the daemon, console client, logging, access control, authentication, and multi-server redirection model.

The CHANGES file shows a long pre-GitHub lineage. It notes many poorly tracked variations before version 6.05, a public web page by version 6.10 in January 1999, GNU configure-based packaging in version 7.0.0 in February 2001, and continued maintenance through version 8.3.0 in February 2026.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Conserver's adoption is tied to data-center operations rather than consumer CLI fashion. The official site emphasizes reviewing crashes, tracking console changes, feeding console logs into monitoring, mentoring during live work, and reaching equipment remotely.

Input package metadata lists Conserver across Homebrew, apk, Debian/Ubuntu client packages, Fedora/dnf, Nix, and other distributions, which fits its role as durable sysadmin infrastructure.

Wie es verwendet wird

Operators run conserver as a daemon, configure consoles in conserver.cf, authenticate through conserver.passwd, and use the console client to attach, watch, take write access, replay logs, or coordinate with other users.

The manual documents local serial ports, Unix domain sockets, TCP sockets for terminal servers, and external programs as console connection types.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Conserver is package-nerd archaeology that still earns its keep. It packages a very specific operational workflow: serial-console multiplexing and logging for machines that may be unreachable by SSH or normal network services.

Its CHANGES file is also a history of portability work: Solaris, BSD, Linux, Cygwin, IPv6, OpenSSL, GSS-API, FreeBSD CI, autoconf updates, and downstream packaging fixes appear across decades.

Zeitleiste

Before 1999: CHANGES records many pre-6.05 variations with limited tracking.
1999: Version 6.10 notes that the web page was up and running.
2001: Version 7.0.0 introduces GNU configure-based packaging.
2018: Version 8.2.2 notes documentation adjustments after the move to GitHub.
2026: Version 8.3.0 is released with fixes and packaging/build updates.

Related projects

Terminal servers, serial consoles, IPMI serial-over-LAN, OpenSSL, tcp-wrappers, PAM, and GSS-API are adjacent operational technologies documented in the manual and CHANGES file.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:server

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /etc/conserver.cf/etc/console.cf~/.consolerc

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: /etc/conserver.passwd

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`conserver`	cli	globales Executable
`console`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-08

Manager-Version8.3.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/bstansell/conserver

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/bstansell/conservernone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:conserver
Version	8.3.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/conserver
Homepage	https://www.conserver.com/
Repository	https://github.com/bstansell/conserver
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://conserver.com/
Lizenz	BSD-3-Clause
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/bstansell/conserver/releases/download/v8.3.0/conserver-8.3.0.tar.gz
Abhängigkeiten	openssl@3
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	krb5, libxcrypt
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	conserver
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Conflicts With	uffizzi
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

conserver-client 8.2.7-3

connect to a console server

https://www.conserver.com/

sudo apt install conserver-client

Section: comm
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: conserver
5 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: conserver-client from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

conserver-server 8.2.7-3

connect multiple user to a serial console with logging

https://www.conserver.com/

sudo apt install conserver-server

Section: comm
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: conserver
11 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: conserver-server from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

conserver

nix profile install nixpkgs#conserver

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/conserver/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

conserver-client 8.2.7-2build2

connect to a console server

https://www.conserver.com/

sudo apt install conserver-client

Section: universe/comm
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: conserver
5 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: conserver-client from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

conserver-server 8.2.7-2build2

connect multiple user to a serial console with logging

https://www.conserver.com/

sudo apt install conserver-server

Section: universe/comm
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: conserver
11 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: conserver-server from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

conserver 8.3.0-r0

Serial console remote sharing and logging daemon

https://www.conserver.com

sudo apk add conserver

License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-4-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: conserver
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: conserver from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

conserver-doc 8.3.0-r0

Serial console remote sharing and logging daemon (documentation)

https://www.conserver.com

sudo apk add conserver-doc

License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-4-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: conserver
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: conserver-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

conserver-openrc 8.3.0-r0

Serial console remote sharing and logging daemon (OpenRC init scripts)

https://www.conserver.com

sudo apk add conserver-openrc

License: BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-4-Clause
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: conserver
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: conserver-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

conserver 8.3.0-1.fc44

Serial console server daemon/client

https://www.conserver.com

sudo dnf install conserver

License: BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: conserver
10 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: conserver from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

conserver-client 8.3.0-1.fc44

Serial console client

https://www.conserver.com

sudo dnf install conserver-client

License: BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: conserver
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Conserver

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: conserver-client from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

zypper92%

gnome-console 50.0-1.2

A minimal terminal for GNOME

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/console

sudo zypper install gnome-console

License: GPL-3.0-only
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: gnome-console
11 Abhängigkeiten
5 stellt bereit
installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Console

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gnome-console from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/conserver.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

conserver mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, zypper installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: blue

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Credential files

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen