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6. Get EC2's region from instance metad... Get EC2's region from instance metadata using Python

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   The region in which an EC2 instance is located is exposed via [EC2 Instance Metadata.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html)

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   Part of instance metadata is [Instance Identity Documents](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-identity-documents.html). Specifically, the `instance-identity/document` endpoint is a dynamic data category that contains instance attributes such as the instanceId, privateIp, instanceType. And most relevantly the instance's region.

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   We can query the instance identity document via the 169.254.169.254 [link-local address](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address). (This only works on EC2 instances):