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AWS::SSM::MaintenanceWindowTask

The AWS::SSM::MaintenanceWindowTask resource defines information about a task for a Maintenance Window for AWS Systems Manager. For more information, see RegisterTaskWithMaintenanceWindow in the AWS Systems Manager API Reference.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::SSM::MaintenanceWindowTask",
  "Properties" : {
    "MaxErrors" : String,
    "Description" : String,
    "ServiceRoleArn" : String,
    "Priority" : Integer,
    "MaxConcurrency" : String,
    "Targets" : [ Target, ... ],
    "Name" : String,
    "TaskArn" : String,
    "TaskInvocationParameters" : TaskInvocationParameters,
    "WindowId" : String,
    "TaskParameters" : JSON object,
    "TaskType" : String,
    "LoggingInfo" : LoggingInfo
  }
}

YAML

Type: "AWS::SSM::MaintenanceWindowTask"
Properties:
  MaxErrors: String
  Description: String
  ServiceRoleArn: String
  Priority: Integer
  MaxConcurrency: String
  Targets: 
    - Target
  Name: String
  TaskArn: String
  TaskInvocationParameters:
    TaskInvocationParameters
  WindowId: String
  TaskParameters:
    JSON object
  TaskType: String
  LoggingInfo: 
    LoggingInfo

Properties

MaxErrors

The maximum number of errors allowed before this task stops being scheduled.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Description

A description of the task.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

ServiceRoleArn

The role that's used when the task is executed.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Priority

The priority of the task in the Maintenance Window. The lower the number, the higher the priority. Tasks that have the same priority are scheduled in parallel.

Required: Yes

Type: Integer

Update requires: No interruption

MaxConcurrency

The maximum number of targets that you can run this task for, in parallel.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Targets

The targets, either instances or tags.

  • Specify instances using Key=instanceids,Values=instanceid1,instanceid2.

  • Specify tags using Key=tag name,Values=tag value.

Required: Yes

Type: List of Target

Update requires: No interruption

Name

The task name.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

TaskArn

The resource that the task uses during execution.

For RUN_COMMAND and AUTOMATION task types, TaskArn is the SSM document name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

For LAMBDA tasks, TaskArn is the function name or ARN.

For STEP_FUNCTION tasks, TaskArn is the state machine ARN.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

TaskInvocationParameters

The parameters for task execution.

Required: No

Type: TaskInvocationParameters

Update requires: No interruption

WindowId

The ID of the Maintenance Window where the task is registered.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

TaskParameters

The parameters to pass to the task when it's executed.

Note

TaskParameters has been deprecated. To specify parameters to pass to a task when it runs, instead use the Parameters option in the TaskInvocationParameters structure. For information about how Systems Manager handles these options for the supported Maintenance Window task types, see AWS Systems Manager MaintenanceWindowTask TaskInvocationParameters.

Required: No

Type: JSON object

Update requires: No interruption

TaskType

The type of task. Valid values: RUN_COMMAND, AUTOMATION, LAMBDA, STEP_FUNCTION.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

LoggingInfo

Information about an Amazon S3 bucket to write task-level logs to.

Note

LoggingInfo has been deprecated. To specify an S3 bucket to contain logs, instead use the OutputS3BucketName and OutputS3KeyPrefix options in the TaskInvocationParameters structure. For information about how Systems Manager handles these options for the supported Maintenance Window task types, see AWS Systems Manager MaintenanceWindowTask TaskInvocationParameters.

Required: No

Type: LoggingInfo

Update requires: No interruption

Return Values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of an AWS::SSM::MaintenanceWindowTask resource to the intrinsic Ref function, the function returns the maintenance window task ID, such as 12a345b6-bbb7-4bb6-90b0-8c9577a2d2b9.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

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