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Install the latest AWS Command Line Interface Sudo yum install -y session-manager-plugin.rpm Install the latest session manager plugin, Once your EC2 is at this stage you can now attempt connection from your client On your client Select the role created earlier and attach it to the EC2, providing the SSM endpoint is available and communicating and the agent is running it should appear as online within Systems Manager > Managed Instances as below Once the role has been created, switch to EC2 management and attach the role Select Next and add any tags and give the role a logical name Search for SSM then select AmazonEC2RoleforSSM Select AWS Service then EC2 then Next> Permissions Still within IAM, select Roles and Create Role Create an IAM Role with the necessary permissions for the EC2 to call AWS services Once reviewed select create user and download the access keys for use later.

Once the policy has been created, add it to your user account. Review the policy, adding a logical name and description

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Please be aware this JSON is for full (administrative) access to all sessions, to restrict it down to certain instances or instances based on tags see here On the permissions page, select attach existing policies directly, then create policy, switch to the JSON tab and paste the following code below Select Users then Add User, give it a logical name and select programmatic access

Sign into the AWS Management Console and open the IAM console at To check if it is running in Linux running the following command which should show it active and running sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agentĬreate an IAM User with the necessary permissions To manually install the agent on other versions of Linux see SSM Agent is also installed, by default, on Amazon Linux 2, Ubuntu Server 16.04, and Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS AMIs. SSM Agent is installed, by default, on Amazon Linux base AMIs dated 2017.09 and later. If your EC2 download the agent directly through a browser or use powershellįor further information including powershell instructions see Install SSM Agent on Linux SSM Agent is installed by default on instances created from Windows Server 2016/2019 AMIs, and on instances created from Windows Server 2003-2012 R2 AMIs published in November 2016 or later. For the full list of System Manager service endpoints see Install SSM Agent on Windows The agent must be able to communicate with the Systems Manager Service Endpoint, so even if the EC2 is within a private subnet it must have a routing table to a NAT Gateway, NAT instance or configured with an AWS Private Link.

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The following guide shows you how to securely use the SSM agent along with the Systems Manager API to use port forwarding via a tunnel to connect into your private EC2 without running bastion hosts/jump boxes and without opening inbound ports to the instance. The agent makes it possible for Systems Manager to update, manage, and configure these resources. AWS Systems Manager Agent is a software agent that can be installed and configured on public or private EC2 instances, on-premise servers or virtual machines.

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