How can I access the console of a booting EC2 instance in AWS? I'm new to AWS and am looking for a way to access my EC2's console so I can triage issues such:


boot to single user mode
view console output as system boots
gain console access to debug GRUB issues
Background

When using cloud services such as AWS or Azure your ability to access the console of booting instances is typically restricted to a read-only type of interaction. 

AWS does provide tools, so you just need to adjust your approach, if you're expecting to drop to single user mode or watch a booting system on a console.

For example, in the EC2 services area of AWS you can select a EC2 instance and then under the actions menu select either:


Get System Log
Get Instance Screenshot


Example

Step 1: Screenshot of actions menu

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Step 2: Screenshot of "System Log"

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Step 3: Screenshot of "instance's console"

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