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Get Console Output

ec2_get_console_output R Documentation

Gets the console output for the specified instance

Description

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.

Usage

ec2_get_console_output(InstanceId, DryRun, Latest)

Arguments

InstanceId

[required] The ID of the instance.

DryRun

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Latest

When enabled, retrieves the latest console output for the instance.

Default: disabled (false)

Value

A list with the following syntax:

list(
  InstanceId = "string",
  Output = "string",
  Timestamp = as.POSIXct(
    "2015-01-01"
  )
)

Request syntax

svc$get_console_output(
  InstanceId = "string",
  DryRun = TRUE|FALSE,
  Latest = TRUE|FALSE
)

Examples

## Not run: 
# This example gets the console output for the specified instance.
svc$get_console_output(
  InstanceId = "i-1234567890abcdef0"
)

## End(Not run)