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How to Use a Shared Systems Manager Document

When you share a Systems Manager document, the system generates an Amazon Resource Name (ARN) and assigns it to the command. If you select and execute a shared document from the Amazon EC2 console, you do not see the ARN. However, if you want to execute a shared Systems Manager document from a command line application, you must specify a full ARN. You are shown the full ARN for a Systems Manager document when you execute the command to list documents.

Note

You are not required to specify ARNs for AWS public documents (documents that begin with AWS-*) or commands that you own.

This section includes examples of how to view and execute shared Systems Manager documents from the AWS CLI and AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell.

Using a Shared Systems Manager Document from the AWS CLI

To list all public Systems Manager documents

aws ssm list-documents --document-filter-list key=Owner,value=Public

To list private Systems Manager documents that have been shared with you

aws ssm list-documents --document-filter-list key=Owner,value=Private

To list all Systems Manager documents available to you

aws ssm list-documents --document-filter-list key=Owner,value=All

Execute a command from a shared Systems Manager document using a full ARN

aws ssm send-command --document-name FullARN/name

For example:

aws ssm send-command --document-name arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:12345678912:document/highAvailabilityServerSetup --instance-ids i-12121212

Using a Shared Systems Manager Document from the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell

To list all public Systems Manager documents

Get-SSMDocumentList -DocumentFilterList @(New-Object Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.DocumentFilter("Owner", "Public"))

To list private Systems Manager documents that have been shared with you

Get-SSMDocumentList -DocumentFilterList @(New-Object Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.DocumentFilter("Owner", "Shared"))

To get information about a Systems Manager document that has been shared with you

Get-SSMDocument –Name FullARN/name

For example:

Get-SSMDocument –Name arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:12345678912:document/highAvailabilityServerSetup

To get a description of a Systems Manager document that has been shared with you

Get-SSMDocumentDescription –Name FullARN/name

For example:

Get-SSMDocumentDescription –Name arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:12345678912:document/highAvailabilityServerSetup

To execute a command from a shared Systems Manager document using a full ARN

Send-SSMCommand –DocumentName FullARN/name –InstanceId IDs

For example:

Send-SSMCommand –DocumentName arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:555450671542:document/highAvailabilityServerSetup –InstanceId @{"i-273d4e9e"}