diff --git a/.github/actions/collect-info/action.yml b/.github/actions/collect-info/action.yml
index 289525008..a8e6f3839 100644
--- a/.github/actions/collect-info/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/collect-info/action.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
 name: 'Collect and store debug info'
-description: 'Collect debug info using EVE script executed via ssh and store downloaded tarball under the specified file name'
+description: 'Collect debug info using EVE script executed via ssh or console and store downloaded tarball under the specified file name'
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
     - name: Collect info
       run: |
-        # Give EVE 5 minutes at most to enable ssh access (if tests failed early).
-        for i in $(seq 60); do ./eden eve ssh && break || sleep 5; done
-        ./eden sdn fwd eth0 22 --\
-          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p FWD_PORT -i ./dist/default-certs/id_rsa root@FWD_IP collect-info.sh &&\
-        ./eden sdn fwd eth0 22 --\
-          scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P FWD_PORT -i ./dist/default-certs/id_rsa root@FWD_IP:/persist/eve-info-* . &&\
-        # upload-artifact complains about colon in the file name
-        # make sure to update upload step if changing name
-        mv eve-info-* eve-info.tar.gz ||\
-        echo "failed to collect info"
+        # Do not pollute console logs which are collected by publish-logs action.
+        cp dist/default-eve.log dist/default-eve.log.backup || true
+        ./shell-scripts/collect-info-ssh.sh || ./shell-scripts/collect-info-console.sh 120
+        cp dist/default-eve.log.backup dist/default-eve.log || true
       shell: bash
       working-directory: "./eden"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eden.yml b/.github/workflows/eden.yml
index 4b4e83dc1..04defea55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eden.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eden.yml
@@ -60,15 +60,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Collect info
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         run: |
-          # Give EVE 5 minutes at most to enable ssh access (if tests failed early).
-          for i in $(seq 60); do ./eden eve ssh && break || sleep 5; done
-          ./eden sdn fwd eth0 22 --\
-            ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p FWD_PORT -i ./dist/default-certs/id_rsa root@FWD_IP collect-info.sh &&\
-          ./eden sdn fwd eth0 22 --\
-            scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P FWD_PORT -i ./dist/default-certs/id_rsa root@FWD_IP:/persist/eve-info-* . &&\
-          # upload-artifact complains about colon in the file name
-          mv eve-info-* eve-info.tar.gz ||\
-          echo "failed to collect info"
+          # Do not pollute console logs which are collected by publish-logs action.
+          cp dist/default-eve.log dist/default-eve.log.backup || true
+          ./shell-scripts/collect-info-ssh.sh || ./shell-scripts/collect-info-console.sh 120
+          cp dist/default-eve.log.backup dist/default-eve.log || true
       - name: Collect logs
         if: ${{ always() }}
         run: |
diff --git a/pkg/controller/functions.go b/pkg/controller/functions.go
index 991d5f2ba..d528c0729 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/functions.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/functions.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func (cloud *CloudCtx) OnBoardDev(node *device.Ctx) error {
 				node.SetConfigItem("app.allow.vnc", "true")
 				node.SetConfigItem("newlog.allow.fastupload", "true")
 				node.SetConfigItem("timer.download.retry", "60")
+				node.SetConfigItem("debug.enable.console", "true")
 				// TODO: allow to enable/disable:
 				//node.SetConfigItem("network.fallback.any.eth", "disabled")
 				log.Debugf("will apply devModel %s", node.GetDevModel())
diff --git a/shell-scripts/collect-info-console.sh b/shell-scripts/collect-info-console.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8e8308d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell-scripts/collect-info-console.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script runs collect-info.sh on EVE VM and downloads produced tarball
+# using only serial console. This is especially useful when networking
+# on the virtualized EVE is not working and therefore collect-info-ssh.sh
+# is unable to do the same via SSH tunnel.
+
+# Use output filename without colon, otherwise Github action "upload-artifact" complains.
+OUTPUT="eve-info.tar.gz"
+
+# 20 seconds should be enough for collect-info.sh to prepare tarball with debug info
+# if run locally on a solid machine. However, on Github runners, it can take up to 2 minutes
+# to complete (which is what we set from Github actions).
+WAIT_TIME="${1:-20}"
+
+# Switch to debug container where collect-info.sh is installed.
+for i in $(seq 3); do
+  {
+    echo "eve verbose off"; echo "eve enter debug"; sleep 3;
+    echo "which collect-info.sh"; sleep 3
+  } | telnet localhost 7777 | tee telnet.stdout
+  grep -q "/usr/bin/collect-info.sh" telnet.stdout && break
+  sleep 60
+done
+
+for i in $(seq 3); do
+  {
+    echo "rm -f /persist/eve-info*"; echo "/usr/bin/collect-info.sh";
+    sleep $((WAIT_TIME+60*(i-1)))
+  } | telnet localhost 7777 | tee telnet.stdout
+  TGZNAME="$(sed -n "s/EVE info is collected '\(.*\)'/\1/p" telnet.stdout)"
+  [ -n "${TGZNAME}" ] && break
+done
+
+if [ -z "${TGZNAME}" ]; then
+  echo "Failed to run collect-info.sh script"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+for i in $(seq 3); do
+  {
+    # Filename does not fit on one console line, we have to use asterisk.
+    echo "echo \>\>\>\$(base64 -w 0 /persist/eve-info*)\<\<\<";
+    # This is fairly quick even on Github runners - around 10 seconds, but depends
+    # on the tarball size.
+    sleep $((20+60*(i-1)))
+  } | telnet localhost 7777 | sed -n "s/>>>\(.*\)<<</\1/p" | base64 -id > "${OUTPUT}"
+  [ -s "${OUTPUT}" ] && break
+  echo "Failed to receive eve-info tarball, retrying..."
+done
+
+if [ ! -s "${OUTPUT}" ]; then
+  echo "Failed to receive eve-info"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+FILESIZE="$(stat -c%s "$OUTPUT")"
+echo "Received ${OUTPUT} with size ${FILESIZE}"
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diff --git a/shell-scripts/collect-info-ssh.sh b/shell-scripts/collect-info-ssh.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9e7730235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell-scripts/collect-info-ssh.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#/bin/sh
+
+# Use output filename without colon, otherwise Github action "upload-artifact" complains.
+OUTPUT="eve-info.tar.gz"
+
+ssh() {
+  ./eden sdn fwd eth0 22 --\
+    ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p FWD_PORT -i ./dist/default-certs/id_rsa root@FWD_IP "$@"
+}
+
+scp() {
+  ./eden sdn fwd eth0 22 --\
+    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P FWD_PORT -i ./dist/default-certs/id_rsa root@FWD_IP:$1 $2
+}
+
+if ./eden eve status | grep -q "no onboarded EVE"; then
+  echo "Cannot get eve-info via SSH from non-onboarded EVE VM"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Give EVE 5 minutes at most to enable ssh access.
+# This delay is typically needed if tests failed early.
+for i in $(seq 60); do
+  ./eden eve ssh : && break || sleep 5
+done
+
+ssh collect-info.sh | tee ssh.stdout
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed to run collect-info.sh script"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TGZNAME="$(cat ssh.stdout  | sed -n "s/EVE info is collected '\(.*\)'/\1/p")"
+if [ -z "${TGZNAME}" ]; then
+  echo "Failed to parse eve-info tarball filename"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+scp "${TGZNAME}" ${OUTPUT}
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed to receive eve-info"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+FILESIZE="$(stat -c%s "$OUTPUT")"
+echo "Received ${OUTPUT} with size ${FILESIZE}"
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