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AWS bootstrap scripts (user-data) to install AWS CLI and SSM agent

aws-bootstrap-scripts-awscli-ssm

AWS bootstrap scripts (user-data) to install AWS CLI and SSM agent

AWS User data (bootstrap scripts)

• Run commands on your Linux instance at launch
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/user-data.html

SSM agent install

• Install AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) on an Amazon EC2 Linux instance at launch
• https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/install-ssm-agent-ec2-linux/

AWS CLI install

• Installing, updating, and uninstalling the AWS CLI
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-install.html

Checking SSM Agent status and starting the agent

This topic lists the commands to check whether AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) is running on each supported operating system. It also provides the commands to start the agent if it isn't running.

Operating system	Command to check SSM Agent status	Command to start SSM Agent
Amazon Linux	sudo status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo start amazon-ssm-agent
Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023	sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
CentOS 6.x	sudo status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo start amazon-ssm-agent
CentOS 7.x and CentOS 8.x	sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
Debian Server 8, 9, and 10	sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
macOS	Check the agent log file at /var/log/amazon/ssm/amazon-ssm-agent.log	sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.amazon.aws.ssm.plist sudo launchctl start com.amazon.aws.ssm
Oracle Linux	sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x	sudo status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo start amazon-ssm-agent
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x and 8.x	sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)	sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
Ubuntu Server 14.04 (all) and 16.04 (32-bit)	sudo status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo start amazon-ssm-agent
Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit instances (deb package installation)	sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent	sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent
Ubuntu Server 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04 LTS, 20.10 STR 64-bit, and 22.04 LTS (Snap package installation)	sudo systemctl status snap.amazon-ssm-agent.amazon-ssm-agent.service	sudo snap start amazon-ssm-agent
Windows Server	Run in PowerShell: Get-Service AmazonSSMAgent	Run in PowerShell Administrator mode: Start-Service AmazonSSMAgent

More info

• Working with SSM Agent on EC2 instances for Linux
• Working with SSM Agent on EC2 instances for Windows Server
• Checking the SSM Agent version number