ec2meta-rb ~ ec2 instance metadata wrapper for ruby
$ irb >> require “ec2meta”
> true
>> EC2M.instance_id
> “i-12345”
>> EC2M.public_ipv4
> “12.32.41.12”
ec2meta-rb is available from gemcutter, named ‘ec2meta`.
implemented/available commands:
ami_id, ami_launch_index, ami_manifest_path, ancestor_ami_ids, availability_zone, block_device_mapping(device), hostname, instance_action, instance_id, instance_type, kernel_id local_hostname, local_ipv4, public_hostname, public_ipv4 ramdisk_id, reservation_id