Fetch-url-http-3a-2f-2f169.254.169.254-2flatest-2fmeta Data-2fiam-2fsecurity Credentials-2f Jun 2026

The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) helps customers build secure and scalable applicati... Amazon Web Services Securing the EC2 Instance Metadata Service

169.254.169.254 is a special IP address used for the AWS instance metadata service. This service provides information about the instance and is used for various purposes, including fetching security credentials. The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance

The IP address is a link-local address accessible only from within an EC2 instance. It hosts the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) , which provides details about the instance's configuration, including: Instance ID and hostname. including: Instance ID and hostname.