C# Class Amazon.EC2.Util.EC2Metadata

EC2 Instance Metadata.

Amazon EC2 instances can access instance-specific metadata, as well as data supplied when launching the instances, using a specific URI.

You can use this data to build more generic AMIs that can be modified by configuration files supplied at launch time. For example, if you run web servers for various small businesses, they can all use the same AMI and retrieve their content from the Amazon S3 bucket you specify at launch. To add a new customer at any time, simply create a bucket for the customer, add their content, and launch your AMI.

More information about EC2 Metadata

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Public Methods

Method	Description
GetData ( string path ) : string	Return the metadata at the path
GetData ( string path, int tries ) : string	Return the metadata at the path
GetItems ( string path ) : IEnumerable	Return the list of items in the metadata at path.
GetItems ( string path, int tries ) : IEnumerable	Return the list of items in the metadata at path.

Private Methods

Method	Description
FetchData ( string path ) : string
FetchData ( string path, bool force ) : string
GetItems ( string path, int tries, bool slurp ) : List
PauseExponentially ( int tries ) : void

Method Details

GetData() public static method

Return the metadata at the path

public static GetData ( string path ) : string
path	string	Path at which to query the metadata
return	string

GetData() public static method

Return the metadata at the path

public static GetData ( string path, int tries ) : string
path	string	Path at which to query the metadata
tries	int	Number of attempts to make
return	string

GetItems() public static method

Return the list of items in the metadata at path.

public static GetItems ( string path ) : IEnumerable
path	string	Path at which to query the metadata
return	IEnumerable

GetItems() public static method

Return the list of items in the metadata at path.

public static GetItems ( string path, int tries ) : IEnumerable
path	string	Path at which to query the metadata
tries	int	Number of attempts to make
return	IEnumerable