[chef] How to use Ohai in a EC2 userdata script?

[Hedge Hog < >]

Hi,
I am using Ohai 0.6.4.
I don't seem to be able to get Ohai to return EC2 data consistently.
When I run this ruby script by passing it in via the AMI userdata:


require 'ohai'
o = Ohai::System.new
o.all_plugins
o.require_plugin('ec2')
$stderr.puts o.fetch_metadata
$stderr.puts o.looks_like_ec2?
$stderr.puts o[:ec2].inspect

I get the results:

<ec2/ami-data-hash>
false
nil

So, the metadata is retrieved, but the second two EC2 methods don't
seem to work.
More puzzling is that if I SSH to the instance, and run this same
script, the o[:ec2] contains the data I'd expect.

So how does one use Ohai, correctly, in an EC2 user data script?

Appreciate any insights.

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