Understanding Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata Service v2 Hop Limit

The Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) version 2 has a security feature called the Hop Limit, that can impact the ability for Docker containers, running on the host, to obtain AWS SDK credentials. It's important to understand how this feature works, so that you can safely update EC2 instance configurations to require IMDSv2. Using IMDSv2 improves infrastructure security; you can monitor EC2 instances for compliance with this setting by using a managed AWS Config rule.

[@AadarshRaj-l6f]

Great Explanation, so simply explained, Thanks!

[@sandeepsahu1716]

Hi sir , please help me.. may i know in aws Console how to check what version if instance metadata service my ec2 is using, i am looking to get information it should show imdsv2.. please let me know where to check in aws Console

[@TrevorSullivan]

Hello, you can see this setting in the instance details, around the 15:30 mark in the video.