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@q2ven q2ven commented Apr 7, 2025

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ec2-metadata does not support all meta-data listed in the document. [0]

Let's support such meta-data with a generic option, --path.

It can be specified multiple times and used with other options:

  $ ./ec2-metadata --path events/maintenance/scheduled \
    --path meta-data/identity-credentials/ec2/security-credentials/ec2-instance \
    --region
  latest/meta-data/events/maintenance/scheduled: []
  latest/meta-data/identity-credentials/ec2/security-credentials/ec2-instance: {
    "Code" : "Success",
    "LastUpdated" : "2025-04-07T04:58:06Z",
    "Type" : "AWS-HMAC",
    ...
    "Expiration" : "2025-04-07T11:01:19Z"
  }
  region: ap-northeast-1

Also, it can be used to fetch non-latest meta-data and dynamic data:

  $ ./ec2-metadata --path /
  /: 1.0
  2007-01-19
  ...

  $ ./ec2-metadata --path /2009-04-04/dynamic
  /2009-04-04/dynamic: instance-identity/

Link: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html #[0]

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@q2ven q2ven force-pushed the arbitrary_path branch 2 times, most recently from 891e42c to 338572b Compare April 7, 2025 06:18
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Looks good to me.

ec2-metadata does not support all meta-data listed in the document. [0]

Let's support such meta-data with a generic option, --path.

It can be specified multiple times and used with other options:

  $ ./ec2-metadata --path events/maintenance/scheduled \
    --path meta-data/identity-credentials/ec2/security-credentials/ec2-instance \
    --region
  latest/meta-data/events/maintenance/scheduled: []
  latest/meta-data/identity-credentials/ec2/security-credentials/ec2-instance: {
    "Code" : "Success",
    "LastUpdated" : "2025-04-07T04:58:06Z",
    "Type" : "AWS-HMAC",
    ...
    "Expiration" : "2025-04-07T11:01:19Z"
  }
  region: ap-northeast-1

Also, it can be used to fetch non-latest meta-data and dynamic data:

  $ ./ec2-metadata --path /
  /: 1.0
  2007-01-19
  ...

  $ ./ec2-metadata --path /2009-04-04/dynamic
  /2009-04-04/dynamic: instance-identity/

Link: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html #[0]
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
@q2ven q2ven force-pushed the arbitrary_path branch from 338572b to a4133d3 Compare May 10, 2025 00:05
@joeysk2012 joeysk2012 merged commit 87b7df1 into amazonlinux:main May 10, 2025
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