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quiver / retrieve-EC2-region-information-from-metadata.md
Last active March 14, 2024 16:42
retrieve EC2's region from instance metadata

Sometimes you want to retrieve EC2 insntances' region information.

You can query that information through instance metadata(169.254.169.254).

$ curl --silent http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document
{
  "privateIp" : "172.31.2.15",
  "instanceId" : "i-12341ee8",
  "billingProducts" : null,
 "instanceType" : "t2.small",
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dmilisic / active_record_enum_with_rails_admin.rb
Last active January 21, 2022 10:50
Initializer for handling ActiveRecord (4.1+) enums by RailsAdmin (0.6.2)
module ActiveRecord
module RailsAdminEnum
def enum(definitions)
super
definitions.each do |name, values|
define_method("#{ name }_enum") { self.class.send(name.to_s.pluralize).to_a }
define_method("#{ name }=") do |value|
if value.kind_of?(String) and value.to_i.to_s == value