# AWS monitoring setup: I create and attach the role for ActiveGate, but it doesn't assume the monitoring role

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/aws-monitoring-setup-i-create-and-attach-the-role-for-activegate-but-it-doesnt-assume-the-monitoring-role/43266>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Tags:** aws, activegate, metadata\
**Created:** [December 18, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/aws-monitoring-setup-i-create-and-attach-the-role-for-activegate-but-it-doesnt-assume-the-monitoring-role/43266 "2023-12-18T16:30:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![karolinaboba](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/karolinaboba/32/19761_2.png) [@karolinaboba](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/karolinaboba)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/aws-monitoring-setup-i-create-and-attach-the-role-for-activegate-but-it-doesnt-assume-the-monitoring-role/43266/1 "2023-12-18T16:30:39Z")

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An error might occur when attaching a role to an EC2 instance. In such cases, you can use&nbsp;`curl`&nbsp;to retrieve the instance metadata to verify if the role is listed there. Use the following command:

```markup
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/info

```

If the attached role is still not listed in the instance metadata, it often helps to reattach it.

For more information, see&nbsp;[Instance Metadata and User Data](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html).

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**Author:** ![ChadTurner](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/chadturner/32/161_2.png) [@ChadTurner](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ChadTurner)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/aws-monitoring-setup-i-create-and-attach-the-role-for-activegate-but-it-doesnt-assume-the-monitoring-role/43266/2 "2023-12-18T18:52:32Z")

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Thanks for Sharing this&nbsp;[@karolinaboba](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/66955)&nbsp;!