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If you are sharing this as a security alert or an educational technical post, here is a suggested structure:

Use local firewall rules (iptables) on the server to restrict which users or processes can access the metadata IP. If you are sharing this as a security

The Instance Metadata Service allows a cloud virtual machine (EC2 instance in AWS) to query information about itself without needing an external network call or hardcoded configuration. This includes: If you are sharing this as a security

In the original version (IMDSv1), the request was a simple HTTP GET request (as described above). IMDSv2 adds a mandatory session layer: If you are sharing this as a security

http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/