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Using Systems Manager to Configure Instances

Earlier in the chapter, you saw how one of the components of the Systems Manager service, Session Manager, could be used in lieu of a bastion server to connect to remote EC2 instances. Systems Manager has many other uses when it comes to managing your AWS environment, especially for a security engineer.

AWS Systems Manager is a powerful tool that allows you to easily and quickly administer and perform operational actions against your instances (both Windows- and Linux-based) at scale for both on-premises resources and within AWS without having to SSH or RDP to those instances. From a security standpoint, being able to remove these protocols from security groups reduces the attack surface of your instances even further. A single dashboard providing this administration also allows you greater infrastructure visibility. You will, for example, be able to see system configurations, the patching levels of your instances, and other software...

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Published in: Apr 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781837633982

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Adam Book

Adam Book has been programming since the age of six and has been constantly tapped by founders and CEOs as one of the pillars to start their online or cloud businesses. Adam has developed applications, and websites. He's been involved in cloud computing and datacenter transformation professionally since 1996 focusing on bringing the benefits of cloud computing to his clients. He's led technology teams in transformative changes such as the shift to programming in sprints, with Agile formats. Adam is a cloud evangelist with a track record of migrating thousands of applications to the cloud and guiding businesses in understanding cloud economics to create use cases and identify operating model gaps. He has been certified on AWS since 2014.
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Stuart Scott

Stuart Scott is the AWS content lead at Cloud Academy where he has created over 40 courses reaching tens of thousands of students. His content focuses heavily on cloud security and compliance, specifically on how to implement and configure AWS services to protect, monitor and secure customer data in an AWS environment. He has written numerous cloud security blogs Cloud Academy and other AWS advanced technology partners. He has taken part in a series of cloud security webinars to share his knowledge and experience within the industry to help those looking to implement a secure and trusted environment. In January 2016 Stuart was awarded 'Expert of the Year' from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.
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