Answers: <p>You can run,</p>
  <pre><code>cloud-init query instance_id
  </code></pre>
  <p>Or, you can find the <code>INSTANCE_ID</code>, by looking in this file,</p>
  <pre><code>/var/lib/cloud/data/instance-id
  </code></pre>
  <p>Or, this one</p>
  <pre><code>/run/cloud-init/.instance-id
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>How can I find the <a href="https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/instancedata.html#v1-instance-id" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Instance ID</a> referred to by Cloud-Init as provided by OpenStack?</p>
  
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Title: How can I find the INSTANCE_ID from a provisioned machine?
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ThreadText: # How can I find the INSTANCE_ID from a provisioned machine?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-02-22)
  
  How can I find the [Instance ID](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/instancedata.html#v1-instance-id) referred to by Cloud-Init as provided by OpenStack?
  
  **Tags:** openstack
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2022-02-22. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  You can run,
  
  ```
  cloud-init query instance_id
  
  ```
  
  Or, you can find the `INSTANCE_ID`, by looking in this file,
  
  ```
  /var/lib/cloud/data/instance-id
  
  ```
  
  Or, this one
  
  ```
  /run/cloud-init/.instance-id
  
  ```
  
  
  ---
  
  