In this blog, we will show you the Steps to Add an EC2 Windows Instance in AWS SSM.

ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW FOR SSM CONFIGURATION

• For demo purposes, we created a windows 2012 R2 EC2 instance under the Mumbai region.

CREATING IAM ROLE FOR EC2 SSM

• Go to the services page and search for the IAM service.

• Click on Roles option and create a new role.

• Select the EC2 Service and click Next.

• Search for AmazonEC2RoleforSSM and select it. Then click Next.

• In the review page, provide the role name and description and click on create the role.

• The role created successfully.

ASSIGNING THE ROLES TO EC2 INSTANCES

• Go to the services page and access EC2 service.

• Right click on EC2 instance and go to instance settings and click on Attach/Replace IAM role.

• Select the newly created role from the drop-down list and click the Apply button.

VERIFICATION

• Go to AWS services and search for systems manager.

• Click on Managed Instances under Instances & Nodes. You will able to see your EC2 machine on the list.

REFERENCE

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/sysman-install-win.html

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