AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) ModifyInstanceMetadataDefaults API operation.

Syntax

Edit-EC2InstanceMetadataDefault
-HttpEndpoint <DefaultInstanceMetadataEndpointState>
-HttpPutResponseHopLimit <Int32>
-HttpToken <MetadataDefaultHttpTokensState>
-InstanceMetadataTag <DefaultInstanceMetadataTagsState>
-Select <String>
-Force <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonEC2Config>

Description

Modifies the default instance metadata service (IMDS) settings at the account level in the specified Amazon Web Services Region. To remove a parameter's account-level default setting, specify no-preference. If an account-level setting is cleared with no-preference, then the instance launch considers the other instance metadata settings. For more information, see Order of precedence for instance metadata options in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Parameters

-ClientConfig <AmazonEC2Config>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.EC2.AmazonEC2ClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
This parameter overrides confirmation prompts to force the cmdlet to continue its operation. This parameter should always be used with caution.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
Enables or disables the IMDS endpoint on an instance. When disabled, the instance metadata can't be accessed.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-HttpPutResponseHopLimit <Int32>
The maximum number of hops that the metadata token can travel. To indicate no preference, specify -1.Possible values: Integers from 1 to 64, and -1 to indicate no preference
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
Indicates whether IMDSv2 is required.
  • optional – IMDSv2 is optional, which means that you can use either IMDSv2 or IMDSv1.
  • required – IMDSv2 is required, which means that IMDSv1 is disabled, and you must use IMDSv2.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesHttpTokens
-InstanceMetadataTag <DefaultInstanceMetadataTagsState>
Enables or disables access to an instance's tags from the instance metadata. For more information, see Work with instance tags using the instance metadata in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesInstanceMetadataTags
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'Return'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.EC2.Model.ModifyInstanceMetadataDefaultsResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.EC2.Model.ModifyInstanceMetadataDefaultsResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

This cmdlet returns a System.Boolean object. The service call response (type Amazon.EC2.Model.ModifyInstanceMetadataDefaultsResponse) can be returned by specifying '-Select *'.

Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z