diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2053b8..f27368a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ nix build .#tests.x86_64-linux.<test-name>.driverInteractive
 ./result/bin/nixos-test-driver
 ```
 
+#### Dashboard access
+
+The NixOS tests configure some port forwarding in order to allow access to the
+OpenStack dashboard. The port forwarding can be configured via
+`openstack-testing.dashboardHostPort` and the default host port used is `8080`.
+While a NixOS test is running, the dashboard can be accessed via
+`127.0.0.1:8080` or the configured host port.
+
 ## Scope
 
 OpenStack is a very large and super actively maintained project. We are aware that we cannot keep track of all its development or offer every single configuration option via NixOS modules.
diff --git a/modules/compute/nova.nix b/modules/compute/nova.nix
index 565a63b..e0baf74 100644
--- a/modules/compute/nova.nix
+++ b/modules/compute/nova.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ let
     username = nova
     password = nova
 
+    [serial_console]
+    enabled = true
+    serialproxy_host = 0.0.0.0
+    proxyclient_address = $my_ip
+
     [vnc]
     enabled = true
     server_listen = 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/modules/controller/nova.nix b/modules/controller/nova.nix
index b4f3d2c..1ea834b 100644
--- a/modules/controller/nova.nix
+++ b/modules/controller/nova.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ let
     username = nova
     password = nova
 
+    [serial_console]
+    enabled = true
+
     [vnc]
     enabled = true
     server_listen = $my_ip
@@ -299,5 +302,30 @@ in
         TimeoutStopSec = 15;
       };
     };
+
+    systemd.services.nova-serialproxy = {
+      description = "OpenStack Nova serial proxy";
+      after = [
+        "nova.service"
+        "mysql.service"
+        "keystone.service"
+        "rabbitmq.service"
+        "network-online.target"
+      ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      path = [ cfg.novaPackage ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        User = "nova";
+        Group = "nova";
+        Type = "simple";
+        ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "nova-serialproxy.sh" ''
+          nova-serialproxy --config-file ${cfg.config}
+        '';
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+        LimitNOFILE = 65535;
+        TimeoutStopSec = 15;
+      };
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/testing/default.nix b/modules/testing/default.nix
index 413d4ce..5104c0a 100644
--- a/modules/testing/default.nix
+++ b/modules/testing/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,52 @@ let
         environment.variables = adminEnv;
       };
     };
+
+  portForwarding =
+    { config, lib, ... }:
+    with lib;
+    let
+      cfg = config.openstack-testing;
+    in
+    {
+      options.openstack-testing = {
+        enable = mkEnableOption "Enable port forwarding." // {
+          default = true;
+        };
+        dashboardHostPort = mkOption {
+          default = 8080;
+          type = types.port;
+          description = ''
+            Host port to make the OpenStack dashboard accessible when running
+            the OpenStack controller in a VM. Dashboard can be accessed via:
+            localhost:<dashboardHostPort>
+          '';
+        };
+        serialProxyHostPort = mkOption {
+          default = 6083;
+          type = types.port;
+          description = ''
+            Host port to make the web console feature available for the
+            OpenStack dashboard. Changing the value might requires to change
+            the configuration of the dashboard.
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+      config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+        virtualisation.forwardPorts = [
+          {
+            from = "host";
+            host.port = cfg.dashboardHostPort;
+            guest.port = 80;
+          }
+          {
+            from = "host";
+            host.port = cfg.serialProxyHostPort;
+            guest.port = 6083;
+          }
+        ];
+      };
+    };
 in
 {
   testController =
@@ -49,7 +95,10 @@ in
       };
     in
     {
-      imports = [ common ];
+      imports = [
+        common
+        portForwarding
+      ];
 
       virtualisation = {
         cores = 4;