Retrieve dynamic data - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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Retrieve dynamic data

To retrieve dynamic data from within a running instance, use the following URI. 

http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/
Note

The examples in this section use the IPv4 address of the IMDS: 169.254.169.254. If you are retrieving instance metadata for EC2 instances over the IPv6 address, ensure that you enable and use the IPv6 address instead: [fd00:ec2::254]. The IPv6 address of the IMDS is compatible with IMDSv2 commands. The IPv6 address is only accessible on instances built on the Amazon Nitro System.

This example shows how to retrieve the high-level instance identity categories.

IMDSv2
PS C:\> [string]$token = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds" = "21600"} -Method PUT -Uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token
PS C:\> Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"X-aws-ec2-metadata-token" = $token} -Method GET -Uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/
document
rsa2048
pkcs7
signature
IMDSv1
PS C:\> Invoke-RestMethod -uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/
document
rsa2048
pkcs7
signature

For more information about dynamic data and examples of how to retrieve it, see Instance identity documents.