ec2-get-console-output

Amazon EC2: API Version 2007-01-03

previous page next page

ec2-get-console-output

SYNOPSIS

ec2-get-console-output INSTANCEID [-r]

DESCRIPTION

Retrieve the console output for instance INSTANCEID, if available, and display it to stdout.

OUTPUT

Two fields:

  • A timestamp indicating the time of the last update.

  • The instance console output. By default the ^ESC character is escaped and duplicate new-lines are removed to facilitate reading.

Errors are displayed on stderr.

OPTIONS

Option Definition Required? Example
-r Raw output. Do not escape the output to facilitate reading. No  

EXAMPLE 

$ ec2-get-console-output  i-10a64379
2007-01-03 12:00:00
Linux version 2.6.16-xenU ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5)) #1 SMP Thu Oct 26 08:41:26 SAST 2006
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Xen: 0000000000000000 - 000000006a400000 (usable)
980MB HIGHMEM available.
727MB LOWMEM available.
NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
IRQ lockup detection disabled
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 ro 4
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
previous page start next page