Compute Cloud API, gRPC: InstanceService.GetSerialPortOutput

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Updated at June 1, 2026

Returns the serial port output of the specified Instance resource.

gRPC request

{
  "instance_id": "string",
  "port": "int64"
}

Field

Description

instance_id

string

ID of the instance to return the serial port output for.
The length must be less than or equal to 50.
This field is required.

port

int64

Serial port to retrieve data from. The default is 1.
The value must satisfy: 1,2,3,4.

{
  "contents": "string"
}

Field

Description

contents

string

The contents of the serial port output, starting from the time when the instance
started to boot.