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        Available in VPC

        View the list of available instance metadata versions and the list of top-level categories for each version.

        Note

        See Using Metadata v2 for more information on how Metadata v2 is called.

        Request

        The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

        Call pathDescription
        /View the list of available instance metadata versions
        /{version}/View the list of top-level categories provided in each version
        • Use latest to use the latest version

        Examples

        See below for an example.

        Metadata v1

        The following is an example of Metadata v1.

        ## View the list of instance metadata versions
        [root@test-server ~]# curl http://169.254.169.254/
        2020-11-18
        latest
        
        ## View the list of top-level categories provided in the latest version
        [root@test-server ~]# curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/
        meta-data
        [root@test-server ~]#
        Shell

        Metadata v2

        The following is an example of Metadata v2.
        The second and subsequent requests in the example use the token generated by the first request, assuming it hasn't expired.

        # View the list of instance metadata versions
        [root@test-server ~]# TOKEN=`curl -X PUT "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" -H "X-NCP-METADATA-TOKEN-TTL-SECONDS: 21600"` \
        && curl -H "X-NCP-METADATA-TOKEN: $TOKEN" http://169.254.169.254/
        2020-11-18
        latest
        
        # View the list of top-level categories provided in the latest version
        [root@test-server ~]# curl -H "X-NCP-METADATA-TOKEN: $TOKEN" http://169.254.169.254/latest/
        meta-data
        [root@test-server ~]#
        Shell

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