AWS/Metadata service (IMDS)
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EC2 Meta-data
Methods of retrieving instance meta-data:
- Instance information: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/
GET http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/ curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/
- User information: http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data
- Dynamic information: http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/
GET http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/document
References
- CloudInit by Ubuntu
- Instance Metadata and User Data AWS Documentation