Method: AWS::EC2::Instance#user_data

Defined in:
lib/aws/ec2/instance.rb

#user_data ⇒ String

Arbitrary metadata that is available to the instance while it is running. This interface handles the details of encoding the user data for transmission; you should set the user data exactly as you want it to be made available to the instance.

The instance must be in a stopped state to change user data; for example:

i.user_data             # => "HELLO"
i.status                # => :running
i.user_data = "GOODBYE" # raises an exception
i.stop; sleep 1 until i.status == :stopped
i.user_data = "GOODBYE" # => "GOODBYE"

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the current value of user_data



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# File 'lib/aws/ec2/instance.rb', line 147

def user_data
  @user_data
end