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AWS Documentation » Amazon EC2 » API Reference » Actions » ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions

ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions

Modify the instance metadata parameters on a running or stopped instance. When you modify the parameters on a stopped instance, they are applied when the instance is started. When you modify the parameters on a running instance, the API responds with a state of “pending”. After the parameter modifications are successfully applied to the instance, the state of the modifications changes from “pending” to “applied” in subsequent describe-instances API calls. For more information, see Instance Metadata and User Data.

Request Parameters

The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.

DryRun

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

HttpEndpoint

This parameter enables or disables the HTTP metadata endpoint on your instances. If the parameter is not specified, the existing state is maintained.

Note

If you specify a value of disabled, you will not be able to access your instance metadata.

Type: String

Valid Values: disabled | enabled

Required: No

HttpPutResponseHopLimit

The desired HTTP PUT response hop limit for instance metadata requests. The larger the number, the further instance metadata requests can travel. If no parameter is specified, the existing state is maintained.

Possible values: Integers from 1 to 64

Type: Integer

Required: No

HttpTokens

The state of token usage for your instance metadata requests. If the parameter is not specified in the request, the default state is optional.

If the state is optional, you can choose to retrieve instance metadata with or without a signed token header on your request. If you retrieve the IAM role credentials without a token, the version 1.0 role credentials are returned. If you retrieve the IAM role credentials using a valid signed token, the version 2.0 role credentials are returned.

If the state is required, you must send a signed token header with any instance metadata retrieval requests. In this state, retrieving the IAM role credential always returns the version 2.0 credentials; the version 1.0 credentials are not available.

Type: String

Valid Values: optional | required

Required: No

InstanceId

The ID of the instance.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

instanceId

The ID of the instance.

Type: String

instanceMetadataOptions

The metadata options for the instance.

Type: InstanceMetadataOptionsResponse object

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Client Errors.

Examples

Example 1: Turn on token requirement

The following example disables access to the instance metadata unless a signed token is used in the instance metadata request header. To turn on token requirement, specify required for HttpTokens.

Sample Request

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions
&InstanceId=i-1234567890abcdef0
&HttpTokens=required
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response

<ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId>
    <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
    <MetadataOptions> 
          <state>pending</state>
          <HttpTokens>required</HttpTokens>
          <HttpPutRepsonseHopLimit>1</HttpPutRepsonseHopLimit>     
          <HttpEndpoint>enabled</HttpEndpoint>
    </MetadataOptions>
</ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions>

Example 2: Turn off access to instance metadata

The following example disables access to the instance metadata by changing the HTTP endpoint state to disabled. To turn off access to instance metadata, specify disabled for HttpEndpoint.

Sample Request

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions
&InstanceId=i-1234567890abcdef0
&HttpEndpoint=disabled
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response

<ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
    <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId>
    <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
    <MetadataOptions> 
          <state>pending</state>
          <HttpTokens>required</HttpTokens>
          <HttpPutRepsonseHopLimit>1</HttpPutRepsonseHopLimit>     
          <HttpEndpoint>disabled</HttpEndpoint>
    </MetadataOptions>
</ModifyInstanceMetadataOptions>

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: