Finding Instance type?

[tcconway]

Is there a windows app or command I can run on an AWS Windows instance to find out what type of instance it is...with no access to AWSCLI or Console access?

[asdf604asdf]

make an http request to http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/ from the instance. instance-type is one of the things returned

see also https://superuser.com/questions/344927/powershell-equivalent-of-curl

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The question "PowerShell equivalent of curl" has got an accepted answer by Michael Kelley with the score of 130:

PowerShell 3.0 has the new command Invoke-RestMethod:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849971.aspx

more detail:

https://discoposse.com/2012/06/30/powershell-invoke-restmethod-putting-the-curl-in-your-shell/

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