---
title: "Version"
slug: "compute-vmetadata-version"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:57Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:57Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/compute-vmetadata-version"
---

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# Version

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](/docs/en/compute-vmetadata-metadatav2) 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 path | Description |
| --- | --- |
| / | 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 ~]#
```

### 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 ~]#
```