ec2-metadatafs exposes AWS EC2
metadata as a filesystem for easy ls,
cat, and greping. It relies on FUSE to mount a user-space filesystem with
files exposing the EC2 metadata and, optionally, the tags on the instance in the form of a readonly filesystem.
Example:
$ mkdir /var/run/aws
$ ec2-metadatafs --tags /var/run/aws
$ tree /var/run/aws
/var/run/aws
├── dynamic
│ └── instance-identity
│ ├── document
│ ├── dsa2048
│ ├── pkcs7
│ ├── rsa2048
│ └── signature
├── meta-data
│ ├── ami-id
│ ├── ami-launch-index
│ ├── ami-manifest-path
│ ├── block-device-mapping
│ │ ├── ami
│ │ └── root
│ ├── hostname
│ ├── iam
│ │ ├── info
│ │ └── security-credentials
│ │ └── test
│ ├── instance-action
│ ├── instance-id
│ ├── instance-type
│ ├── local-hostname
│ ├── local-ipv4
│ ├── mac
│ ├── metrics
│ ├── network
│ │ └── interfaces
│ │ └── macs
│ │ └── 06:5e:69:f7:53:ed
│ │ ├── device-number
│ │ ├── interface-id
│ │ ├── local-hostname
│ │ ├── local-ipv4s
│ │ ├── mac
│ │ ├── owner-id
│ │ ├── security-group-ids
│ │ ├── security-groups
│ │ ├── subnet-id
│ │ ├── subnet-ipv4-cidr-block
│ │ ├── vpc-id
│ │ └── vpc-ipv4-cidr-block
│ ├── placement
│ │ └── availability-zone
│ ├── profile
│ ├── public-keys
│ │ └── 0
│ │ └── openssh-key
│ ├── reservation-id
│ ├── security-groups
│ └── services
│ └── domain
│ └── amazonaws.com
├── tags
│ ├── createdBy
│ ├── name
│ └── role
└── user-data
16 directories, 42 files
$ cat /var/run/aws/meta-data/instance-id
i-1234567890
$ cat /var/run/aws/user-data
#! /bin/bash
echo 'Hello world'
$ cat /var/run/aws/tags/name
My Instance Name
- Support for tags
- Use filesystem permissions to control access
- Use traditional unix tools to walk and interrogate the tree
- Tab completion of paths
- No need to remember the special IP address of the service
Advantages over the ec2-metadata tool
- Support for tags
- No need to
cutthe output of commands to get just the field - Can use filesystem permissions to control access
- Access to all metadata fields, not just the limited subset the tool returns
Feedback and feature requests are welcome!
Packages are built for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. See releases to install one of these.
curl -sL https://github.com/jszwedko/ec2-metadatafs/releases/download/0.4.0/linux_amd64 > ec2-metadatafs
sudo mv ec2-metadatafs /usr/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/ec2-metadatafscurl -sL https://github.com/jszwedko/ec2-metadatafs/releases/download/0.4.0/linux_386 > ec2-metadatafs
sudo mv ec2-metadatafs /usr/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/ec2-metadatafsInstall the latest via: GOVENDOREXPERIMENT=1 go get github.com/jszwedko/ec2-metadatafs (requires Go >= 1.5 to be installed).
Usage:
ec2-metadatafs [OPTIONS] mountpoint
ec2metadatafs mounts a FUSE filesystem which exposes the EC2 instance metadata
(and optionally the tags) of the host as files and directories rooted at the
given location.
Application Options:
-v, --verbose Print verbose logs, can be specified multiple times (up to 2)
-f, --foreground Run in foreground
-V, --version Display version info
-e, --endpoint= EC2 metadata service HTTP endpoint (default: http://169.254.169.254/latest/)
-c, --cachesec= Number of seconds to cache files attributes and directory listings. 0 to disable, -1 for
indefinite. (default: 0)
-t, --tags Mount EC2 instance tags at <mount point>/tags
-o, --options= Mount options, see below for description
-n, --no-syslog Disable syslog when daemonized
-F, --syslog-facility= Syslog facility to use when daemonized (see below for options) (default: USER)
AWS Credentials (only used when mounting tags):
--aws-access-key-id= AWS Access Key ID (adds to credential chain, see below)
--aws-secret-access-key= AWS Secret Access key (adds to credential chain, see below)
--aws-session-token= AWS session token (adds to credential chain, see below)
Help Options:
-h, --help Show this help message
Arguments:
mountpoint: Directory to mount the filesystem at
Mount options:
-o debug Enable debug logging, same as -v
-o fuse_debug Enable fuse_debug logging (implies debug), same as -vv
-o endpoint=ENDPOINT EC2 metadata service HTTP endpoint, same as --endpoint=
-o tags Mount the instance tags at <mount point>/tags, same as --tags
-o aws_access_key_id=ID AWS API access key (see below), same as --aws-access-key-id=
-o aws_secret_access_key=KEY AWS API secret key (see below), same as --aws-secret-access-key=
-o aws_session_token=KEY AWS API session token (see below), same as --aws-session-token=
-o cachesec=SEC Number of seconds to cache files attributes and directory listings, same as --cachesec
-o syslog_facility= Syslog facility to send messages upon when daemonized (see below)
-o no_syslog Disable logging to syslog when daemonized
-o FUSEOPTION=OPTIONVALUE FUSE mount option, please see the OPTIONS section of your FUSE manual for valid options
AWS credential chain:
AWS credentials only required when mounting the instance tags (--tags or -o tags).
Checks for credentials in the following places, in order:
- Provided AWS credentials via flags or mount options
- $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, and $AWS_SESSION_TOKEN environment variables
- Shared credentials file -- respects $AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE and $AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE
- IAM role associated with the instance
Note that the AWS session token is only needed for temporary credentials from AWS security token service.
Caching:
Caching of the following is supported and controlled via the cachesec parameter:
* File attributes
* Directory attributes
* Directory listings
When accessed this metadata will be cached for the number of seconds specified
by cachesec. Use 0, the default, to disable caching and -1 to cache
indefinitely (good if you never expect instance metadata to change). This cache
is kept in memory and lost when the process is restarted.
Valid syslog facilities:
KERN, USER, MAIL, DAEMON, AUTH, SYSLOG, LPR, NEWS, UUCP, CRON, AUTHPRIV, FTP, LOCAL0, LOCAL1, LOCAL2, LOCAL3, LOCAL4, LOCAL5, LOCAL6, LOCAL7
Version:
0.3.0-16-gb73643f-dirty ('b73643f6a5aface7e405429779e8554a7b3767c8')
Author:
Jesse Szwedko
Project Homepage:
http://github.com/jszwedko/ec2-metadatafs
Report bugs to:
http://github.com/jszwedko/ec2-metadatafs/issues
You can have it automatically mount by adding the following to /etc/fstab:
ec2-metadatafs /var/run/aws fuse _netdev,allow_other 0 0
Or
ec2-metadatafs /var/run/aws fuse _netdev,allow_other,tags 0 0
if you want to mount the tags as well (requires AWS API credentials -- described below).
If you are mounting the instance tags, AWS API credentials are required. It is recommended that you associate an IAM instance role with your instances to support this (see iam-roles for details) to avoid the usual issues with static credentials, but you can also provide credentials via the environment, command line flags, or a file.
These credentials have access to query for the AWS API for tags -- example IAM policy:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [ "ec2:DescribeTags"],
"Resource": ["*"]
}
]
}
See Usage section for more details on credential sources.
- Building:
make build - Testing:
make test - Building cross compiled binaries:
make dist(will install gox if needed)