IAmazonEC2.GetConsoleOutput Method (GetConsoleOutputRequest)

Gets the console output for the specified instance. For Linux instances, the instance console output displays the exact console output that would normally be displayed on a physical monitor attached to a computer. For Windows instances, the instance console output includes the last three system event log errors.

For more information, see Instance console output in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Note:

For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to GetConsoleOutputAsync.

Namespace: Amazon.EC2
Assembly: AWSSDK.EC2.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

public abstract GetConsoleOutputResponse GetConsoleOutput(
         GetConsoleOutputRequest request
)

Parameters

request: Type: Amazon.EC2.Model.GetConsoleOutputRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the GetConsoleOutput service method.

Return Value

Type: GetConsoleOutputResponse

The response from the GetConsoleOutput service method, as returned by EC2.

Examples

This example gets the console output for the specified instance.

To get the console output


var client = new AmazonEC2Client();
var response = client.GetConsoleOutput(new GetConsoleOutputRequest 
{
    InstanceId = "i-1234567890abcdef0"
});

string instanceId = response.InstanceId;
string output = response.Output;
DateTime timestamp = response.Timestamp;

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer, 3.5

IAmazonEC2.GetConsoleOutput (GetConsoleOutputRequest)