Automating Patch and State Operations with AWS Systems Manager

This lesson looks at the AWS Systems Manager and its features. It covers how to execute commands, apply patches, and establish the desired state for instances.

Learning Objectives

• Learn the fundamentals of AWS Systems Manager
• Learn about its features
• Understand how documents can be used to execute commands
• Apply patches with PatchManager and make resource configuration changes
• Execute any modification needed to establish the desired state for instances independently of the size of your fleet
  

Intended Audience

• Solutions architects
• Developers
• System operators
• Anyone looking for a unified, scalable, and secure way to automate their machine maintenance workflows for multiple operating systems and for Amazon EC2 instances
• Anyone studying for both the Solutions Architect Associate Certification Exam and SysOps Administrator Associate Certification Exam
  

Prerequisites

In order to get the most out of this lesson, you should meet the requirements for the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification and preferably one of AWS's associate-level certifications.