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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.

Default:

  • If the value of ImdsSupport for the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for your instance is v2.0 and the account level default is set to no-preference, the default is required.

  • If the value of ImdsSupport for the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for your instance is v2.0, but the account level default is set to V1 or V2, the default is optional.

The default value can also be affected by other combinations of parameters. For more information, see Order of precedence for instance metadata options in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.