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The EC2 instance you create in this tutorial is free tier eligible. To solve this challenging scenario, you will create an Identity and Access Management (IAM) role, enable an agent on your instance that communicates with Systems Manager, then follow best practices by running the AWS-UpdateSSMAgent document to upgrade your Systems Manager Agent, and finally use Systems Manager to run a command on your instance.ĪWS Systems Manager is an always free tier product. Fortunately, you can use Systems Manager to remotely run commands, like update packages, on your EC2 instances. To complicate this normally simple admin task, your security team does not allow you to direct access production servers via SSH or allow you use bastion hosts. In our example scenario, as a System Administrator, you need to update the packages on your EC2 instances. Using the run command, one of the automation features of Systems Manager, you can simplify management tasks by eliminating the need to use bastion hosts, SSH, or remote PowerShell. Systems Manager is a Management Tool that enables you gain operational insights and take action on AWS resources safely and at scale. In this hands-on tutorial, you will learn how to use AWS Systems Manager to remotely run commands on your Amazon EC2 instances.