How to Retrieve EC2 Instance Meta Information
2020/4/11 min read
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SSH into EC2 instance
To retrieve EC2 instance meta information, once SSH into EC2 instance type following command.
run with root privileges
sudo su
list all the metadata
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data
Get EC2's hostname
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/local-hostname
Get EC2's user data
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data