aws-samples / aws-samples/eks-workshop-v2

Feature: suggest making IMDSv2 a default

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Description

### What would you like to be added?

In certain environments where IMDSv1 is disabled (e.g. setting enforced via preventive policies), self-provisioning a workshop will fail:

`{"level":"error","ts":"2026-08-19T08:32:30Z","logger":"setup","msg":"unable to initialize AWS cloud","error":"failed to introspect vpcID from EC2Metadata or Node name, specify --aws-vpc-id instead if EC2Metadata is unavailable: failed to fetch VPC ID from instance metadata: EC2MetadataError: failed to make EC2Metadata request\n\n\tstatus code: 401, request id: "}`

- alternative error is a timeout issue due a single-hop.

### Why is this needed?

Suggest to adapt a managed node group config to use IMDSv2 by default. e.g:

```
module "eks" {
source = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
# ...
eks_managed_node_groups = {
default = {
# ... existing config ...
metadata_options = {
http_endpoint = "enabled"
http_tokens = "required"
http_put_response_hop_limit = 2
}
}
}
}
```

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Research direction

Find the workshop's Terraform configuration for the EKS managed node group and compare its current metadata settings with the requested IMDSv2 defaults. Update the default configuration and validate that self-provisioning works when IMDSv1 is disabled, including the requested hop limit.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws, kubernetes, terraform
Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
72/100

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