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#!/usr/bin/python | |
""" | |
To use this to mimic the EC2 metadata service entirely, run it like: | |
# where 'eth0' is *some* interface. if i used 'lo:0' i got 5 second or so delays on response. | |
sudo ifconfig eth0:0 169.254.169.254 netmask 255.255.255.255 | |
sudo ./mdserv 169.254.169.254:80 | |
Then: | |
wget -q http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id -O -; echo | |
curl --silent http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id ; echo |