AWS Systems Manager or SSM to manage infrastructure
Hello folks. This is Utpal and in this article, I have discussed AWS Systems Manager . Please read the entire article. AWS Systems Manager (SSM) is an AWS management tool using which we can manage EC2 instances, On-Premise systems at scale. We can get into the infrastructure state and detect problems. Maximum services in AWS Systems Manager are free. To manage EC2 instances or On-Premise systems we need to install SSM agents on them. They report and communicate with SSM service. For this, we have to give proper IAM permission. There are many services- Session manager, Run command, Patch manager, Maintenance window, Automation, State manager, Parameter store, AppConfig, Change Calendar etc. Here is an example- I have created an IAM role with Amazon managed policy- AmazonEC2RoleforSSM . Then I have launched 3 EC2 instances with Amazon Linux 2 AMI, t2.micro type, and with the just created IAM role. So SSM agents are already installed. Now after they are launched, they have ap