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  1. AWS Systems Manager Deep Dive: Session Manager, Fleet Manager, Run Command and Memory Metrics

    Let me ask you something before we get started. If your manager walks up to you tomorrow and says, "Go connect to that EC2 instance using Session Manager," and you go to the AWS console, click on Connect, and the Session Manager option is simply not there... what do you do? That missing option tells you exactly one thing: no IAM role is attached to that EC2 instance. That is always the first thing to check. We are going to cover AWS Systems Manager from a practical standpoint. We will look at Session Manager, Fleet Manager, Patch Manager, Run Command, and how to configure memory metrics using the CloudWatch agent.

    May 23, 202615 min read
    AWS Systems Manager Deep Dive: Session Manager, Fleet Manager, Run Command and Memory Metrics