#!/usr/bin/env bash # vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et # # Author: Hari Sekhon # Date: 2019-11-27 20:41:35 +0000 (Wed, 27 Nov 2019) # # https://github.com/harisekhon/bash-tools # # License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file # # If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish # # https://www.linkedin.com/in/harisekhon # set -euo pipefail [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x usage(){ echo " AWS EC2 Metadata API query shortcut ${0##*/} [curl_options] eg. ${0##*/} public-ipv4 ${0##*/} public-hostname ${0##*/} local-ipv4 ${0##*/} local-hostname ${0##*/} ami-id ${0##*/} instance-type ${0##*/} placement/availability-zone See also ec2-metadata script which is a more complete shell script " exit 3 } if [ $# -lt 1 ] || [[ "${1:-}" =~ -.* ]]; then usage fi if ! curl -sS --connect-timeout 2 http://169.254.169.254/ &>/dev/null; then echo echo "This script must be run from within an EC2 instance as that is the only place the AWS EC2 Metadata API is available" exit 2 fi curl "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/${1:-}" "${@:2}"