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Elastic Compute Service:GetInstanceConsoleOutput

Last Updated:Mar 19, 2024

Queries the command output of an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance. The returned command output is encoded in Base64.

Operation description

  • ECS is a virtualized cloud-based service and cannot be connected to display devices. Alibaba Cloud caches system command outputs for the last start, restart, or shutdown of ECS instances. You can call the GetInstanceConsoleOutput operation to query the command outputs.
  • For instances of the retired instance types, you cannot obtain command outputs. For more information, see Retired instance types.
  • You cannot obtain the command outputs of Windows instances.

Debugging

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Authorization information

There is currently no authorization information disclosed in the API.

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
RegionIdstringYes

The region ID of the instance. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.

cn-hangzhou
InstanceIdstringYes

The instance ID.

i-bp1c1xhsrac2coiw****
RemoveSymbolsbooleanNo

Specifies whether to remove formatting symbols from the returned command output. Valid values:

  • true
  • false

Default value: false.

false

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
LastUpdateTimestring

The time when the last log entry was generated in the Linux kernel. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard in the yyyy-MM-ddThh:mmZ format. The time is displayed in UTC+8.

2018-03-22 10:04:57
RequestIdstring

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E
InstanceIdstring

The instance ID.

i-bp1c1xhsrac2coiw****
ConsoleOutputstring

The Base64-encoded command output of the instance.

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

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "LastUpdateTime": "2018-03-22 10:04:57",
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "InstanceId": "i-bp1c1xhsrac2coiw****",
  "ConsoleOutput": "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"
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
400MissingParameter%sA parameter is not specified.
404InvalidParameter%sThe specified parameter is invalid.
405IncorrectInstanceStatus%sThe instance is in a state that does not support the current operation.
405NotSupported%sYour operation is invalid.
429Throttling%sYour request is being throttled.

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.