<h1 id="systems-manager">Systems Manager<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#systems-manager"></a></h1>
<p><abbr title="Amazon Web Services">AWS</abbr> Systems Manager (formerly <abbr title="(Simple) Systems Manager">SSM</abbr>) provides visibility and control over infrastructure hosted inside and outside of <abbr title="Amazon Web Services">AWS</abbr>.</p>
<h1 id="concepts">Concepts<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#concepts"></a></h1>
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<li><strong>Managed Instances</strong> are machines under <abbr title="(Simple) Systems Manager">SSM</abbr> management.</li>
<li>The <strong><abbr title="(Simple) Systems Manager">SSM</abbr> Agent</strong> runs on instances to provide much of the functionality.</li>
<li><strong>Documents</strong> define runbooks for actions that can be taken against resources of a specific type.</li>
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<h1 id="features">Features<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#features"></a></h1>
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<li>Port forwarding</li>
<li>Patch management</li>
<li>Remote command execution</li>
<li>Secret management</li>
<li>OpsCenter</li>
<li>Scanning and reporting on policy violations</li>
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<strong>Children</strong>
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<li><a href="/notes/0we152ziptke0n7he3olbvk">Distributor</a></li>
<li><a href="/notes/vpw62r1flbenq73us12sgqr">Inventory</a></li>
<li><a href="/notes/flbut60ta4o3yc3kj8kg6gq">Patch management</a></li>
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<strong>Backlinks</strong>
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<li><a href="/notes/0we152ziptke0n7he3olbvk">Distributor (public)</a></li>
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Systems Manager


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