Management & Governance
AWS Systems Manager
Operate AWS at scale: Parameter Store, Run Command, Session Manager, Patch Manager.
Official docsOverview
SSM is a suite for ops: Parameter Store (config), Session Manager (shell without SSH), Run Command, Automation runbooks, Patch Manager.
When to use it
- Replace SSH with Session Manager
- Centralize config in Parameter Store
- Automate patching
Setup
- Install SSM Agent (default on Amazon Linux).
- Attach IAM role AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore.
How to use
Start session
aws ssm start-session --target i-0123Get parameter
aws ssm get-parameter --name /qa/api/url --with-decryptionQA use cases
- Store environment URLs and feature flags in Parameter Store consumed by Playwright.