AWS EC2 Instance Metadata Tutorial

Learn about AWS EC2 Instance Metadata, the data about your instance!
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I'm Stephane Maarek, a consultant and software developer, and I have a particular interest in everything related to Big Data, Cloud and API. I sat on the 2019 Program Committee organizing the Kafka Summit. I'm also an AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps Administrator, and DevOps Engineer.
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[@StephaneMaarek]

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[@bhaumik17able]

You're the best instructor of AWS Cloud. Happy to find your courses on right time !! God bless

[@karthikvenkataram4790]

Hey Maarek!! this was so excellent. helped me understand stuff so clearly and glad in just 5 minutes.. Thanks a lot.

[@ibmuser13]

Awesome explanation, Stephane! thanks

[@ushainiyan7338]

Thankyou so much Stephane. God bless you ❤

[@MP112791]

I get 401 unauthorized errors when I try this. Not sure why.

[@parasmehan]

repost.aws/questions/QUnvPR1W46TS6wQWdf1sK82w/i-am-getting-401-unauthorized-when-i-hit-meta-data-api

[@AsmithaSP]

Thanks

[@ChristyMedia-b4x]

This does not work for IMDSV2 instance,

[@gnadha123]

Does there is alternative tool for IMDS in AWS ?

[@MisterD33]

Metadata V2 is now the default for new instances, not v1. You need to fetch a token first before retrieving the metadata, I think this video is out of date

[@Tamim-uTube]

You speak too fast.