AWS Systems Manager
AWS Systems Manager (SSM) is a collection of capabilities that helps you automate operational tasks across your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, on-premises servers, and virtual machines. It provides a unified interface to view operational data from multiple AWS services and allows…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2016
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- AWS Systems Manager was created to address the significant challenges organizations faced in managing large fleets of servers consistently, securely, and at scale. It centralizes operational tasks like patching, software inventory, configuration management, and remote command execution, which previously required disparate tools, custom scripting, or manual, error-prone processes.
- Platforms
- Other cloud providers' instances (when configured for hybrid management), On-premises servers (Linux, Windows), AWS EC2 (Linux, Windows, macOS), Virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V, etc.)
Related technologies
Notable users
- GE
- Capital One
- Netflix
- Siemens
- Lyft
- Thousands of enterprises and SMBs globally leveraging AWS