Operations on EC2 instances
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Possible list of operations on EC2 instances
- OS updates
- Login into EC2 and fix/trouble shoot
- Starting/Stopping ec2 instances on Some Schedule
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Lab Setup:
- Let me create two ec2 instances
- While creating ec2 instances i will add the tag
Environment = Dev, Project = QTLearning
- Now performing common administrative tasks on multiple machines belonging to different project teams is a challenge.
- AWS has EC2 Systems Manager
Systems Manager
- Systems manager gives central access for operational activities
- Now Lets perform quick setup
- The Systems Manager interacts with SSM agents on the Ec2 instances, On-prem servers etc to perform operational activites
- Now Lets Navigate to Node Management => Session Manager
- To view your instances, we need to create IAM Role Refer Here
- Run Command => This helps in running a low level linux/windows command on group of ec2 instances.
- For us to make this stuff work, we need to configure ec2 instances with necessary permissions Refer Here
