# File lib/AWS/EC2/instances.rb, line 255
255:       def self.local_instance_meta_data
256:         meta_data = {}
257: 
258:         Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(EC2_META_URL_BASE)).split("\n").each do |meta_type|
259:           meta_data.merge!({meta_type => Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(EC2_META_URL_BASE + meta_type)) })
260:         end
261: 
262:         return meta_data
263:       end