**To enable access to the serial console for your account**

The following ``enable-serial-console-access`` example enables account access to the serial console. ::

    aws ec2 enable-serial-console-access

Output::

    {
        "SerialConsoleAccessEnabled": true
    }

For more information, see `EC2 Serial Console <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-serial-console.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*.