Systems Manager Run Command and Inventory
Manage a small EC2 fleet with AWS Systems Manager: launch SSM-managed instances, run commands at scale, collect software inventory, and stream inventory data to S3 with Resource Data Sync.
Lab Overview
In this lab you'll operate a small fleet of EC2 instances entirely through AWS Systems Manager, the standard config-management surface for AWS DevOps engineers.
You will:
- Launch two t3.small EC2 instances with the SSM agent and an IAM instance profile attached
- Execute the AWS-managed `AWS-RunShellScript` document against the fleet using Run Command
- Configure a State Manager association that runs the `AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory` document on a schedule
- Query inventory data with `aws ssm list-inventory-entries` and create a Resource Data Sync that lands inventory in an S3 bucket
This lab uses only confirmed-tier services (EC2 t3.small, SSM, IAM, S3, CloudWatch Logs) so it runs reliably under the TeKanAid AWS lab IAM policy.
What You'll Learn
Launch EC2 instances with the SSM agent and an IAM instance profile so they register as managed nodes
Use Run Command to execute AWS-RunShellScript against a tagged fleet and inspect output
Create a State Manager association that runs AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory on a schedule
Query inventory data with the AWS CLI and configure a Resource Data Sync that lands inventory in S3
Prerequisites
aws-devops-cli-operations-baseline
basic-ec2-and-iam-familiarity
Technologies Covered
Part of a Course
This lab is part of the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (DOP-C02) course
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