Instance metadata refers to data relevant to an instance. It can be used for configuring or managing a running instance.

Although instance metadata can only be accessed internally from the instance, their values have not been encrypted. Anyone who has access to the instance can view its metadata. Therefore, you should take proper precautions to protect sensitive data (for example, using a permanent encryption key).

Overview

Tencent Cloud provides the following metadata:

${mac} and ${local-ipv4} in the above table indicate the mac address and private IP address of the specified network interface, respectively.

The destination URL address of the request is case-sensitive. You must construct the destination URL address of a new request according to the returned result of the request.

The returned data of placement is changed in the new version. To use the data in the previous version, specify the previous version path or leave the version path empty to access the data of version 1.0. For more information on the returned data of placement, see Region and Availability Zone.

Querying Instance Metadata

You can access the instance metadata such as instance's local IP address and public IP address within an instance to manage connections with external applications.
To view all the instance metadata within a running instance, use the following URI:

http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/

You can access the metadata by using cURL or an HTTP GET request, for example:

curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/

• For resources that do not exist, the HTTP error code "404 - Not Found" is returned.
• Operations on the instance metadata can only be performed internally within the instance. You first need to log in to the instance. For more information, see Log in to Windows Instance and Log in to Linux Instance.

Sample metadata query

The following shows how to query the metadata version.

When Tencent Cloud modifies the metadata access path or returned data, a new metadata version is released. If your application or script relies on the structure or returned data of a previous version, you can specify that version. If no version is specified, version 1.0 is used by default.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/
1.0
2017-09-19
latest
meta-data

The following shows how to view the metadata root directory. The lines ending with / represent directories and the ones that do not represent the accessed data. For the description of accessed data, refer to Overview.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/
instance-id
instance-name
local-ipv4
mac
network/
placement/
public-ipv4
uuid

The following shows how to obtain the physical location information of an instance. For the relationship between the returned data and the physical location, refer to Regions and Availability Zones.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/placement/region
ap-guangzhou

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/placement/zone
ap-guangzhou-3

The following shows how to obtain the private IP address of an instance. If an instance has multiple ENIs, the network address of eth0 is returned.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/local-ipv4
10.104.13.59

The following shows how to obtain the public IP address of an instance.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4
139.199.11.29

The following shows how to obtain an instance ID. The instance ID is used to uniquely identify an instance.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/instance-id
ins-3g445roi

The following shows how to qeury the instance UUID. The instance UUID can also be used as the unique identifier of an instance, but it is recommended that you use instance IDs to identify instances.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/uuid
cfac763a-7094-446b-a8a9-b995e638471a

The following shows how to obtain the MAC address of an instance's eth0 device.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/mac
52:54:00:BF:B3:51

The following example shows how to obtain the ENI information of an instance. In case of multiple ENIs, multiple lines of data are returned, with each line indicating the data directory of an ENI.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/
52:54:00:BF:B3:51/

The following shows how to obtain the information of the specified ENI.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/
local-ipv4s/
mac
vpc-id
subnet-id
owner-id
primary-local-ipv4
public-ipv4s
local-ipv4s/

The following shows how to obtain the VPC information of the specified ENI.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/vpc-id
vpc-ja82n9op

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/subnet-id
subnet-ja82n9op

The following shows how to obtain a list of private IP addresses bound to the specified ENI. If the ENI is bound with multiple private IP addresses, multiple lines of data are returned.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/local-ipv4s/
10.104.13.59/

The following shows how to obtain the information of a private IP address.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/local-ipv4s/10.104.13.59
gateway
local-ipv4
public-ipv4
public-ipv4-mode
subnet-mask

The following example shows how to obtain the gateway of a private IP address. This data is only available for VPC models. For more information, refer to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/local-ipv4s/10.104.13.59/gateway
10.15.1.1

The following shows how to obtain the access mode used by a private IP address to access the public network. This data is only available for VPC models. A basic network CVM instance accesses the public network through the public gateway.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/local-ipv4s/10.104.13.59/public-ipv4-mode
NAT

The following shows how to obtain the public IP address bound to a private IP address.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/local-ipv4s/10.104.13.59/public-ipv4
139.199.11.29

The following shows how to obtain the subnet mask of a private IP address.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/network/interfaces/macs/52:54:00:BF:B3:51/local-ipv4s/10.104.13.59/subnet-mask
255.255.192.0

The following shows how to obtain the billing plan of an instance.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/payment/charge-type
POSTPAID_BY_HOUR

The following shows how to obtain the creation time of an instance.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/payment/create-time
2018-09-18 11:27:33

The following shows how to obtain the termination time for spot instances.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/spot/termination-time
2018-08-18 12:05:33

The following shows how to obtain the account AppId of the CVM.

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/meta-data/app-id
123456789

Querying Instance User Data

You can specify instance user data when creating an instance. CVM instances with the cloud-init configuration can access the data.

Searching user data

Users can access user data within the CVM by using the following:

[qcloud-user]# curl http://metadata.tencentyun.com/latest/user-data
179, client, shanghai