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+import {hterm, lib} from 'hterm-umdjs';
+
+window.angular && (function(angular) {
+  'use strict';
+
+  angular.module('app.common.directives').directive('serialConsole', [
+    function() {
+      return {
+        'restrict': 'E',
+        'template': require('./serial-console.html'),
+        'scope': {'path': '='},
+        'controller': [
+          '$scope', '$window', 'dataService',
+          function($scope, $window, dataService) {
+            $scope.dataService = dataService;
+
+            // See https://github.com/macton/hterm for available hterm options
+
+            hterm.defaultStorage = new lib.Storage.Local();
+            var term = new hterm.Terminal('host-console');
+            term.decorate(document.querySelector('#terminal'));
+            // Set cursor color
+            term.prefs_.set('cursor-color', 'rgba(83, 146, 255, .5)');
+            // Set background color
+            term.prefs_.set('background-color', '#19273c');
+            // Allows keyboard input
+            term.installKeyboard();
+
+            // The BMC exposes a websocket at /console0. This can be read
+            // or written to access the host serial console.
+            var hostname = dataService.getHost().replace('https://', '');
+            var host = 'wss://' + hostname + '/console0';
+            var ws = new WebSocket(host);
+            ws.onmessage = function(evt) {
+              // websocket -> terminal
+              term.io.print(evt.data);
+            };
+
+            // terminal -> websocket
+            term.onTerminalReady = function() {
+              var io = term.io.push();
+              io.onVTKeystroke = function(str) {
+                ws.send(str);
+              };
+              io.sendString = function(str) {
+                ws.send(str);
+              };
+            };
+
+            ws.onopen = function() {
+              console.log('websocket opened');
+            };
+            ws.onclose = function(event) {
+              console.log(
+                  'websocket closed. code: ' + event.code +
+                  ' reason: ' + event.reason);
+            };
+          }
+        ]
+      };
+    }
+  ]);
+})(window.angular);