As a simple console-based client the Debian binary package argo-client-dialog contains a client which can be used via the console.

This client uses the dialog command to construct a simple user interface. This page contains several screenshots of this client in use.

Connection

If started without any arguments the client will prompt for a hostname to connect to, along with a username & password to authenticate with.

The connection details may be specified upon the command line via:

argo-dialog -u username -p password -h serverName [-S port]

Listing machines

Once connected the client will attempt to determine the status of each available Xen instance:

Once the state(s) have been determined the list of available instances will be displayed:

Operating upon an instance

Choosing an instance will allow you to operate upon it:

For example listing the information about a client will look something like this:

Return to the client list.