ec2watch is a simple tool that can capture screenshots of an EC2 instance's console repeatedly and display them. The tool invokes the GetConsoleScreenshot API so the necessary IAM permissions are required.
Download the latest release from: https://github.com/awslabs/ec2watch/releases or click here.
usage: java -jar ec2watch.jar [<options>] INSTANCE_ID
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-r <arg> AWS Region
Example: java -jar ec2watch.jar i-04e2556b3868fdb6d