module Ohai::Mixin::Ec2Metadata

This code parses the EC2 Instance Metadata API to provide details of the running instance.

Earlier version of this code assumed a specific version of the metadata API was available. Unfortunately the API versions supported by a particular instance are determined at instance launch and are not extended over the life of the instance. As such the earlier code would fail depending on the age of the instance.

The updated code probes the instance metadata endpoint for available versions, determines the most advanced version known to work and executes the metadata retrieval using that version.

If no compatible version is found, an empty hash is returned.

Public Instance Methods

best_api_version() click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 50
def best_api_version
  @api_version ||= begin
    logger.trace("Mixin EC2: Fetching http://#{EC2_METADATA_ADDR}/ to determine the latest supported metadata release")
    response = http_client.get("/")
    if response.code == "404"
      logger.trace("Mixin EC2: Received HTTP 404 from metadata server while determining API version, assuming 'latest'")
      return "latest"
    elsif response.code != "200"
      raise "Mixin EC2: Unable to determine EC2 metadata version (returned #{response.code} response)"
    end
    # Note: Sorting the list of versions may have unintended consequences in
    # non-EC2 environments. It appears to be safe in EC2 as of 2013-04-12.
    versions = response.body.split("\n").sort
    until versions.empty? || EC2_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS.include?(versions.last)
      pv = versions.pop
      logger.trace("Mixin EC2: EC2 lists metadata version: #{pv} not yet supported by Ohai") unless pv == "latest"
    end
    logger.trace("Mixin EC2: Latest supported EC2 metadata version: #{versions.last}")
    if versions.empty?
      raise "Mixin EC2: Unable to determine EC2 metadata version (no supported entries found)"
    end
    versions.last
  end
end
fetch_dir_metadata(id, api_version) click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 136
def fetch_dir_metadata(id, api_version)
  metadata = Hash.new
  retrieved_metadata = metadata_get(id, api_version)
  if retrieved_metadata
    retrieved_metadata.split("\n").each do |o|
      key = expand_path(o)
      if key[-1..-1] != "/"
        retr_meta = metadata_get("#{id}#{key}", api_version)
        metadata[metadata_key(key)] = retr_meta ? retr_meta : ""
      elsif not key.eql?("/")
        metadata[key[0..-2]] = fetch_dir_metadata("#{id}#{key}", api_version)
      end
    end
    metadata
  end
end
fetch_dynamic_data() click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 179
def fetch_dynamic_data
  @fetch_dynamic_data ||= begin
    response = http_client.get("/#{best_api_version}/dynamic/instance-identity/document/")

    if json?(response.body) && response.code == "200"
      FFI_Yajl::Parser.parse(response.body)
    else
      {}
    end
  end
end
fetch_json_dir_metadata(id, api_version) click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 153
def fetch_json_dir_metadata(id, api_version)
  metadata = {}
  retrieved_metadata = metadata_get(id, api_version)
  if retrieved_metadata
    retrieved_metadata.split("\n").each do |o|
      key = expand_path(o)
      if key[-1..-1] != "/"
        retr_meta = metadata_get("#{id}#{key}", api_version)
        data = retr_meta ? retr_meta : ""
        json = StringIO.new(data)
        parser = FFI_Yajl::Parser.new
        metadata[metadata_key(key)] = parser.parse(json)
      elsif not key.eql?("/")
        metadata[key[0..-2]] = fetch_json_dir_metadata("#{id}#{key}", api_version)
      end
    end
    metadata
  end
end
fetch_metadata(id = "", api_version = nil) click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 106
def fetch_metadata(id = "", api_version = nil)
  metadata = {}
  retrieved_metadata = metadata_get(id, best_api_version)
  if retrieved_metadata
    retrieved_metadata.split("\n").each do |o|
      key = expand_path("#{id}#{o}")
      if key[-1..-1] != "/"
        metadata[metadata_key(key)] =
          if EC2_ARRAY_VALUES.include? key
            retr_meta = metadata_get(key, best_api_version)
            retr_meta ? retr_meta.split("\n") : retr_meta
          else
            metadata_get(key, best_api_version)
          end
      elsif (not key.eql?(id)) && (not key.eql?("/"))
        name = key[0..-2]
        sym = metadata_key(name)
        if EC2_ARRAY_DIR.include?(name)
          metadata[sym] = fetch_dir_metadata(key, best_api_version)
        elsif EC2_JSON_DIR.include?(name)
          metadata[sym] = fetch_json_dir_metadata(key, best_api_version)
        else
          fetch_metadata(key, best_api_version).each { |k, v| metadata[k] = v }
        end
      end
    end
    metadata
  end
end
fetch_userdata() click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 173
def fetch_userdata
  logger.trace("Mixin EC2: Fetching http://#{EC2_METADATA_ADDR}/#{best_api_version}/user-data/")
  response = http_client.get("/#{best_api_version}/user-data/")
  response.code == "200" ? response.body : nil
end
http_client() click to toggle source

a net/http client with a timeout of 10s and a keepalive of 10s

@return [Net::HTTP]

# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 78
def http_client
  @conn ||= Net::HTTP.start(EC2_METADATA_ADDR).tap do |h|
    h.read_timeout = 10
    h.keep_alive_timeout = 10
  end
end
metadata_get(id, api_version) click to toggle source

Get metadata for a given path and API version

Typically, a 200 response is expected for valid metadata. On certain instance types, traversing the provided metadata path produces a 404 for some unknown reason. In that event, return `nil` and continue the run instead of failing it.

# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 91
def metadata_get(id, api_version)
  path = "/#{api_version}/meta-data/#{id}"
  logger.trace("Mixin EC2: Fetching http://#{EC2_METADATA_ADDR}#{path}")
  response = http_client.get(path)
  case response.code
  when "200"
    response.body
  when "404"
    logger.trace("Mixin EC2: Encountered 404 response retrieving EC2 metadata path: #{path} ; continuing.")
    nil
  else
    raise "Mixin EC2: Encountered error retrieving EC2 metadata (#{path} returned #{response.code} response)"
  end
end

Private Instance Methods

expand_path(file_name) click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 193
def expand_path(file_name)
  path = file_name.gsub(/\=.*$/, "/")
  # ignore "./" and "../"
  path.gsub(%r{/\.\.?(?:/|$)}, "/")
    .sub(%r{^\.\.?(?:/|$)}, "")
    .sub(%r{^$}, "/")
end
metadata_key(key) click to toggle source
# File lib/ohai/mixin/ec2_metadata.rb, line 201
def metadata_key(key)
  key.gsub(/\-|\//, "_")
end