Maintenance and Deployment Automation

Systems Manager Automation is an AWS-hosted automation service that simplifies common maintenance and deployment tasks. You can use EC2 Automation to execute custom scripts, perform patch updates, and update Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), drivers, agents, and applications.

Information for Windows Users

See Maintenance and Deployment Automation in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Windows Instances.

To get started with Automation, first configure access, and then try the service in a test environment using the Amazon EC2 console walkthrough or the AWS CLI walkthrough.