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Session Manager - Simplified

  • Alternative login to your ec2 instances via session manager
    • Make sure you are using vm with session manager installed
    • Your instance is attached with a iam role that has following policy attached:
      • policy_arn = “arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore”
    • Get the instance id from aws and try login with aws-cli as: 
      aws ssm start-session --target "i-1234567890abcdef0"

      You will get a error, like following:

      SessionManagerPlugin is not found. Please refer to SessionManager Documentation here: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/console/systems-manager/session-manager-plugin-not-found
    • Install the plugin first ;) https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-working-with-install-plugin.html 
      yay -S aws-session-manager-plugin

      and retry, you will be able to login.

      Starting session with SessionId: thapakazi-00xxx123

      Cheers!!

    • Todo:
      • upgrade easyssh to support login with ssm-agent
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