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Why Use curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token ? (IMDSv2)

curl -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $TOKEN" -v http://169.254.169 Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken

The feature, in this case, relates to:

Once you have stored the token inside the $TOKEN environment variable, you use it as a HTTP header named X-aws-ec2-metadata-token to retrieve the actual instance configuration data. Example 1: Fetching the Instance ID Why Use curl http://169