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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-07-04 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/retrieve-iid.md

Summary

Fixed PowerShell syntax for IMDSv2 token retrieval: Added -Uri parameter and -UseBasicParsing flag, corrected variable casing from $Token to $token.

Security assessment

The changes are syntax corrections and parameter additions for command accuracy. While IMDSv2 is security-related, these specific changes don't address a vulnerability or add new security content - they simply fix example formatting.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/retrieve-iid.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/retrieve-iid.md
index c88e8f472..2ee652852 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/retrieve-iid.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/retrieve-iid.md
@@ -32 +32 @@ Run the following cmdlet from your Windows instance to retrieve the instance ide
-        http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token).Content
+        -Method PUT -Uri 'http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token' -UseBasicParsing).Content
@@ -35,2 +35,2 @@ Run the following cmdlet from your Windows instance to retrieve the instance ide
-    (Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{'X-aws-ec2-metadata-token' = $Token} `
-        http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document).Content
+    (Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{'X-aws-ec2-metadata-token' = $token} `
+        -Uri 'http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document' -UseBasicParsing).Content