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1
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Will Systems Manager work for on-prem?

A

Yes

2
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Will Systems Manager work for Windows?

A

Yes

3
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Will Systems Manager work for Linux?

A

Yes

4
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How will Systems Manager enable control over you EC2 instances?

A

Each EC2 instances has an agent that has too be installed.

5
Q

What is the cost of using EC2 systems manager?

A

Zero, no cost.

6
Q

How can you see changes in system manager, like I need to audit the changes to system manager?

A

You use AWS Trail.

7
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How can I perform access management of system manager?

A

You can use AWS IAM.

8
Q

What are System Managers capabilities?

A
  • Run Command
  • State Manager
  • Inventory
  • Maintenance windows
  • Patch manager
  • Automation
  • Parameter Store
9
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What are the System Manager documents?

A

They document with a set of command that

10
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How is the Systems Manager carrying out tasks on EC2?

A

Using an agent installed on the EC2 instance.

11
Q

What networking do I need to enable Systems Manager to work?

A

Systems manager used two methods for networking,

  • Use the VPU internet gateway (public internet access)
  • Use a VPC endpoint
12
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What do you need for SSM to be able to access resources such as EC2?

A

You need a role attached to the resource (EC2) to give it access to SSM, a role like AWSEC2RoleForSSM.

13
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How can I manage my inventory of both my on-prem, AWS and Azure?

A

Use SSM, you install an agent and any VM and it will send its inventory to Systems Manager (SSM)

14
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Where do instances appear in SSM?

A

They are visible in Managed Instances where you can see the instances thet are seen by SSM.

15
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What do I need ot add a server to SSM?

A

You need to install the SSM agent and have internet or endpoint access, for on-prem you need internet access.

16
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If my VPC is 100% private with no internet access in or out, how cna I use SSM?

A

Add an SSM endpoint.