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Creating an IAM Role and Configuring an EC2 Instance for AWS Systems Manager via the AWS Management Console
In this hands-on lab, you will learn about the IAM role necessary for configuring an EC2 instance with the AWS Systems Manager service. We'll create and attach a role to an EC2 instance via the AWS Management Console (GUI) and confirm that it is configured with the SSM service by checking in the Systems Manager console as a managed instance.
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Challenge
Create an EC2 IAM Role with the Systems Manager Policy for EC2
- Access the IAM console, and create a role.
- Attach the AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore policy to the role during creation.
- Name your role MySSMRole.
Note: When working via the GUI, AWS auto-creates an IAM instance profile when you create a role for EC2; whereas, when working in the CLI, one has to create and attach an IAM instance profile to the IAM role themselves.
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Challenge
Launch an EC2 Instance
- Launch an EC2 instance named
MySSMInstance, with the latest version of Amazon Linux AMI, and of type t2.micro. - You don't need to generate a key pair since you won't be logging in to the instance, so click Proceed without a keypair.
- Select the existing security group named SG.
- In the Advanced details section, under IAM instance profile, select MySSMRole then launch the instance.
- Launch an EC2 instance named
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Challenge
Verify the EC2 Instance Is Properly Configured with Systems Manager
Once the instance is in a Running state, navigate to Systems Manager > Fleet Manager to confirm MySSMInstance is correctly displayed in the Managed nodes list.
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