Using AWS Systems Manager

Lab overview

AWS Systems Manager is a collection of capabilities that you can use to centralize operational data and automate tasks across your Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources. Systems Manager can configure and manage Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, on-premises servers, virtual machines, and other AWS resources at scale.

Objectives

After completing this lab, you should be able to use Systems Manager to do the following:

Verify configurations and permissions.
Run tasks on multiple servers.
Update application settings or configurations.
Access the command line on an instance.

Duration

This activity requires approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Accessing the AWS Management Console

At the top of these instructions, choose Start Lab to launch the lab.
Wait until the message "Lab status: ready" appears, and then choose X to close the Start Lab panel.
Next to Start Lab, choose AWS to open the AWS Management Console in a new browser tab. The system automatically signs you in.

Tip If a new browser tab does not open, a banner or icon at the top of your browser will indicate that your browser is preventing the site from opening pop-up windows. Choose the banner or icon, and choose Allow pop-ups.