AGC AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate > Chapter 6.6 - EC2 Metadata and User Data > Flashcards
What Is EC2 Metadata?
EC2 metadata is simply data about your EC2 instance.
This can include information such as private IP address, public IP address, hostname, security groups, etc.
What is User Data?
User data is simply bootstrap scripts.
You can use bootstrap scripts (user data) to access metadata.