I was wondering if it was possible to connect to an Amazon ec2 instance via VNC, but instead of installing a VNC server in the target machine, somehow connect it to the hypervisor's graphics output and mouse/keyboard input. This would be handy for a few reasons:
- I could see what's happening to my virtual machines before the VNC (or RDP for windows instances) service started. For example, if a machine isn't booting, I can see what the boot messages are.
- I can run OSes like Android without having to somehow modify them to use a VNC server.
Best Answer
Here are a few answers to your questions
Amazon will not give you access to the Hypervisor machine.
You can get boot messages from your instance through CLI or the EC2 Management Console, just right click on an instance and select "Console"
Unfortunately the only way you can get a VNC server is to install one.