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SavvyGuard/getEC2InstancePublicHostName.py

Created August 14, 2013 00:01
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get the current EC2 instance's public host name. Easily changed to get private hostname and other info.
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getEC2InstancePublicHostName.py
import boto.utils
print boto.utils.get_instance_metadata()['network']['interfaces']['macs'].values()[0]['public-hostname']
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