APPENDIX B

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Metadata URL Structure

This appendix includes a list of metadata URL paths to access common information about an instance. We discussed the metadata URL in Chapter 3.

image Note  This appendix has been adapted from documentation available on the AWS web site as of October 31, 2013. For the most current version of the AWS documentation, please visit http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/.

Path

Description

ami-id The AMI ID used to launch the instance.
ami-launch-index If you started more than one instance at the same time, this value ...

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