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The EC2 Metadata API isn’t meant for high-throughput calls, so it’s possible to hit rate limits even from moderate polling once you get enough nodes involved.
by mnutt 7y ago
The EC2 Metadata API isn’t meant for high-throughput calls, so it’s possible to hit rate limits even from moderate polling once you get enough nodes involved.
- manigandham 7y agoWhy do you have to constantly poll it? It's once on startup to discover the zone it's running in.
- cle 7y agoThe AZ for an instance is fixed. Check it at startup time, and cache it in-memory.