Step 1: Complete Distributor prerequisites - Amazon Systems Manager
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Step 1: Complete Distributor prerequisites

Before you use Distributor, a capability of Amazon Systems Manager, be sure your environment meets the following requirements.

Distributor prerequisites
Requirement Description

SSM Agent

Amazon Systems Manager SSM Agent version 2.3.274.0 or later must be installed on the managed nodes on which you want to deploy or from which you want to remove packages.

To install or update SSM Agent, see Working with SSM Agent.

Amazon CLI

(Optional) To use the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) instead of the Systems Manager console to create and manage packages, install the newest release of the Amazon CLI on your local computer.

For more information about how to install or upgrade the CLI, see Installing the Amazon Command Line Interface in the Amazon Command Line Interface User Guide.

Amazon Tools for PowerShell

(Optional) To use the Tools for PowerShell instead of the Systems Manager console to create and manage packages, install the newest release of Tools for PowerShell on your local computer.

For more information about how to install or upgrade the Tools for PowerShell, see Setting up the Amazon Tools for Windows PowerShell or Amazon Tools for PowerShell Core in the Amazon Tools for Windows PowerShell User Guide.
Note

Systems Manager doesn't support distributing packages to Oracle Linux managed nodes by using Distributor.