How to get metadata of VPC type instances in Linux and Windows

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Instance metadata

Instance metadata refers to some basic information about your ECS instance in the Alibaba Cloud system, including instance ID, IP address, operating system, etc. You can use these metadata to manage or configure ECS instances.

Note

If you manually change some instance information, this change will not be reflected in the instance metadata.

Usage restrictions

Only supports obtaining metadata of VPC type instances.

Getting method

Linux instance

Use username and password authentication to connect to the Linux instance.

Execute the command

 curl http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/

to access the root directory of metadata.

Add the specific metadata name in the URL to obtain the specific metadata. For example:

Execute the command

curl http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/instance-id

to obtain the instance ID.

Execute the command

 curl http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/image-id

to obtain the image ID used when creating the instance.

Windows instance

Use software to connect to Windows instance.

Use PowerShell to execute the command

Invoke-RestMethod http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/

to obtain metadata information.

Add the specific metadata name in the URL to obtain the specific metadata, for example:

Execute the command

Invoke-RestMethod http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/instance-id

to obtain the instance ID.

Execute the command

Invoke-RestMethod http://100.100.100.200/latest/meta-data/image-id

to obtain the image ID used when creating the instance.

Instance metadata list

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