# File lib/AWS/EC2/instances.rb, line 282
282:       def self.local_instance_meta_data
283:         meta_data = {}
284: 
285:         Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(EC2_META_URL_BASE)).split("\n").each do |meta_type|
286:           meta_data.merge!({meta_type => Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(EC2_META_URL_BASE + meta_type)) })
287:         end
288: 
289:         return meta_data
290:       end