How to Retrieve EC2 Instance Meta Information

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