Get EC2 meta-data from 196.254.169.254

Question

I've instanced a new ec2 and when I try to call the metadata from 196.254.169.254 i got a timeout.

Can someone explain me why?

P.S. The instance is in the new Region ue-south-1

Thanks

Stefano G.

Answer 1

The ip should be: 169.254.169.254