# message":"error fetching EC2 Identity Document: operation error ec2imds: GetInstance Identity Document, exceeded maximum number of attempts, 3, request send failed, Get \\"http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document\\": dial tcp 169.254

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [October 31, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-error-fetching-ec2-identity-document-operation-error-ec2imds-getinstance-identity-document-exceeded-maximum-number-of-attempts-3-request-send-failed-get-http-169-254-169-254-latest-dynamic-instance-identity-document-dial-tcp-169-254/346140 "2023-10-31T14:13:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![pedada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@pedada](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pedada)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-error-fetching-ec2-identity-document-operation-error-ec2imds-getinstance-identity-document-exceeded-maximum-number-of-attempts-3-request-send-failed-get-http-169-254-169-254-latest-dynamic-instance-identity-document-dial-tcp-169-254/346140/1 "2023-10-31T14:13:12Z")

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message":"error fetching EC2 Identity Document: operation error ec2imds: GetInstance Identity Document, exceeded maximum number of attempts, 3, request send failed, Get "[http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document\](http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document%5C)": dial tcp 169.254.169.254:80: connectex: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable network..","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-error-fetching-ec2-identity-document-operation-error-ec2imds-getinstance-identity-document-exceeded-maximum-number-of-attempts-3-request-send-failed-get-http-169-254-169-254-latest-dynamic-instance-identity-document-dial-tcp-169-254/346140/2 "2023-11-28T14:13:41Z")

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