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AWS: security – Instance Metadata Service v1 vs IMDS v2, Kubernetes Pod and Docker containers

24 April 2023
 

  Instance metadata (IMDS – Instance Metadata Service) – data about an EC2 instance, such as information about AMI, IP, hostname, etc. You can also add User Data to Instance Metadata to store some parameters, which can then be retrieved inside the instance. See Instance metadata and user data and Instance metadata categories. From the beginning of the… Read More »