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Created October 6, 2015 08:54
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A script to find the instance-id and region from the metadata of an Amazon based instance.
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instance_id.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Get Instance Details
INSTANCE_ID=$(wget -q -O- http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
REGION=$(wget -q -O- http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone | sed -e 's/\([1-9]\).$/\1/g')
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