Ec2 Linux instance stuck on boot fetching keys from metadata server

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Hi,  
Hopefully someone can help. Just rebooted our of our Ec2 instances and it is now stuck on boot.  
  
The server log shows where it is stuck

```
		Welcome to Oracle Linux Server
ip_local_port_range: prefer different parity for start/end values.
Starting udev: %G  [ OK  ]
Setting hostname :  [  OK  ]
Checking filesystems
Checking all file systems.
[/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /] fsck.ext4 -a /dev/xvde1 
/dev/xvde1: clean, 82719/655360 files, 1144008/2621184 blocks
[  OK  ]
Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode:  [  OK  ]
Mounting local filesystems:  [  OK  ]
Enabling /etc/fstab swaps:  [  OK  ]
Entering non-interactive startup
Calling the system activity data collector (sadc)... 
Bringing up loopback interface:  [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:  
Determining IP information for eth0... done.
[  OK  ]
Starting auditd: [  OK  ]
Starting system logger: [ OK ]
Fetching list of trusted keys from metadata server...
```

Any pointers would be much appreciated as it won't continue through the rest of the boot sequence until it fetches the public key from the metadata server.  
  
Cheers  
PJ

Peejay996 · Answer

Found that the issue was down to the network configuration.  
  
I eventually found the issue by stopping the instance and detaching the boot volume, I then mounted it onto another EC2 instance and drilled down into the logs.

Ec2 Linux instance stuck on boot fetching keys from metadata server

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