Retrieve a JPG-format screenshot of a running instance to help with troubleshooting.
The returned content is Base64-encoded.
For more information, see Instance console output in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
Request ParametersThe following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the operation, 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
.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
The ID of the instance.
Type: String
Required: Yes
When set to true
, acts as keystroke input and wakes up an instance that's in standby or "sleep" mode.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
The following elements are returned by the service.
The data that comprises the image.
Type: String
The ID of the instance.
Type: String
The ID of the request.
Type: String
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.
Examples ExampleThis example returns the image data of a successful request.
Sample Requesthttps://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=GetConsoleScreenshot
&InstanceId=i-0598c7d356eba48d7
&AUTHPARAMS
Sample Response
<GetConsoleScreenshotResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
<requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId>
<imageData>997987/8kgj49ikjhewkwwe0008084EXAMPLE</imageData>
<instanceId>i-765950</instanceId>
</GetConsoleScreenshotResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
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