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Elastic Compute Service:DescribeInstanceVncUrl

Last Updated:Sep 29, 2024

Queries the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) logon address of an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance.

Operation description

Usage notes

Take note of the following items:

  • The keepalive time of a connection to a VNC management terminal is 300 seconds. If you do not interact with the VNC management terminal for 300 seconds, the VNC management terminal is automatically disconnected.

  • If the connection is interrupted, you must recall this operation to obtain a new logon address that is specified by VncUrl and use the new logon address to construct a URL that can be used to reconnect to the VNC management terminal. You can reconnect to a VNC management terminal for a maximum of 30 times per minute.

  • You need to add the vncUrl=\*\*\*\*, instanceId=\*\*\*\*, and isWindows=true/false parameters to the end of the link https://g.alicdn.com/aliyun/ecs-console-vnc2/0.0.8/index.html? and use an ampersand (&) between the parameters.

    • vncUrl: the value of VncUrl that is returned after a successful call of this operation.
    • instanceId: the ID of your instance.
    • isWindows: specifies whether the operating system of your instance is Windows. A value of true indicates that the operating system is Windows. A value of false indicates that the operating system is not Windows.
Note You can connect to an instance without a VNC logon password. Therefore, you do not need to configure the password parameter.

Sample URL:

https://g.alicdn.com/aliyun/ecs-console-vnc2/0.0.8/index.html?vncUrl=ws%3A%2F%****&instanceId=i-wz9hhwq5a6tm****&isWindows=true

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer.

Authorization information

The following table shows the authorization information corresponding to the API. The authorization information can be used in the Action policy element to grant a RAM user or RAM role the permissions to call this API operation. Description:

  • Operation: the value that you can use in the Action element to specify the operation on a resource.
  • Access level: the access level of each operation. The levels are read, write, and list.
  • Resource type: the type of the resource on which you can authorize the RAM user or the RAM role to perform the operation. Take note of the following items:
    • The required resource types are displayed in bold characters.
    • If the permissions cannot be granted at the resource level, All Resources is used in the Resource type column of the operation.
  • Condition Key: the condition key that is defined by the cloud service.
  • Associated operation: other operations that the RAM user or the RAM role must have permissions to perform to complete the operation. To complete the operation, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform the associated operations.
OperationAccess levelResource typeCondition keyAssociated operation
ecs:DescribeInstanceVncUrlget
  • Instance
    acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/{#instanceId}
    none
none

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
RegionIdstringYes

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

cn-hangzhou
InstanceIdstringYes

The ID of the instance

i-bp1hzoinajzkh91h****

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
VncUrlstring

The VNC logon address.

Note **The address returned is valid only for 15 seconds. If a connection is not established within 15 seconds after a successful call, the address expires and you must recall the operation to obtain a new address.
wss%3A%2F%2Fhz01-vncproxy.aliyun.com%2Fwebsockify%2F%3Fs%3DDvh%252FIA%252BYc73gWO48cBx2gBxUDVzaAnSKr74pq30mzqUYgeUMcB%252FbkNixDxdEA996
RequestIdstring

The ID of the request.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "VncUrl": "wss%3A%2F%2Fhz01-vncproxy.aliyun.com%2Fwebsockify%2F%3Fs%3DDvh%252FIA%252BYc73gWO48cBx2gBxUDVzaAnSKr74pq30mzqUYgeUMcB%252FbkNixDxdEA996",
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E"
}

Error codes

HTTP status codeError codeError messageDescription
400InvalidRegionInstanceThe specified InstanceId does not exist in given region.The instance does not exist in the specified region.
403IncorrectInstanceStatusThe current status of the resource does not support this operation.The resource is in a state that does not support the current operation.
403InstanceNotReadyThe specified instance is not ready for useThe specified instance is not available. Check to see if the instance status is preventing this action and try again later.
403InstanceNotReadyTemporarily unable to connect the specified instance,please try later.-
404InvalidRegionId.NotFoundThe specified RegionId does not exist.The specified region ID does not exist.
404InvalidInstanceId.NotFoundThe specified InstanceId does not exist.The specified instance does not exist.
500InternalErrorThe request processing has failed due to some unknown error.An internal error has occurred. Try again later.

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

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