euca-get-console-output

Prints console output from a running instance. This command is not supported on all hypervisors. This works if you are using KVM.

Syntax

euca-get-console-output instance_id [-r]

Options

Option Description Required
instance_id Instance ID that you want to see the console output for Yes
-r, --raw-console-output Display output without escaping control characters No

Common Options

Option Description
--show-empty-fields Show empty fields as "(nil)".
--region user@region Region and/or user name to search when looking up config file data. Only valid for EC2 endpoints.
-U,--url url URL of the cloud service to connect to. For administrative commands, this should be <ip_address>:8773/services/Empyrean.
-I,--access-key-id key_id User's access key ID.
-S,--secret-key secret_key User's secret key.
--security-token token User's security token.
--debug Prints what the command sends to the server and what it receives from the server. Use when you're trying to debug Euca2ools.
--debugger Enable interactive debugger on error.
-h,--help Display the manual page for the command.
--version Display the version of this tool.

Output

Example

euca-get-console-output i-12623E16
i-12623E16
2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
...
x