Use GetDocument
with an Amazon SDK or CLI
The following code examples show how to use GetDocument
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- CLI
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- Amazon CLI
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To get document content
The following
get-document
example displays the content of a Systems Manager document.aws ssm get-document \ --name
"AWS-RunShellScript"
Output:
{ "Name": "AWS-RunShellScript", "DocumentVersion": "1", "Status": "Active", "Content": "{\n \"schemaVersion\":\"1.2\",\n \"description\":\"Run a shell script or specify the commands to run.\",\n \"parameters\":{\n \"commands\":{\n \"type\":\"StringList\",\n \"description\":\"(Required) Specify a shell script or a command to run.\",\n \"minItems\":1,\n \"displayType\":\"textarea\"\n },\n \"workingDirectory\":{\n \"type\":\"String\",\n \"default\":\"\",\n \"description\":\"(Optional) The path to the working directory on your instance.\",\n \"maxChars\":4096\n },\n \"executionTimeout\":{\n \"type\":\"String\",\n \"default\":\"3600\",\n \"description\":\"(Optional) The time in seconds for a command to complete before it is considered to have failed. Default is 3600 (1 hour). Maximum is 172800 (48 hours).\",\n \"allowedPattern\":\"([1-9][0-9]{0,4})|(1[0-6][0-9]{4})|(17[0-1][0-9]{3})|(172[0-7][0-9]{2})|(172800)\"\n }\n },\n \"runtimeConfig\":{\n \"aws:runShellScript\":{\n \"properties\":[\n {\n \"id\":\"0.aws:runShellScript\",\n \"runCommand\":\"{{ commands }}\",\n \"workingDirectory\":\"{{ workingDirectory }}\",\n \"timeoutSeconds\":\"{{ executionTimeout }}\"\n }\n ]\n }\n }\n}\n", "DocumentType": "Command", "DocumentFormat": "JSON" }
For more information, see Amazon Systems Manager Documents
in the Amazon Systems Manager User Guide. -
For API details, see GetDocument
in Amazon CLI Command Reference.
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- PowerShell
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- Tools for PowerShell
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Example 1: This example returns the content of a document.
Get-SSMDocument -Name "RunShellScript"
Output:
Content ------- {...
Example 2: This example displays the complete contents of a document.
(Get-SSMDocument -Name "RunShellScript").Content { "schemaVersion":"2.0", "description":"Run an updated script", "parameters":{ "commands":{ "type":"StringList", "description":"(Required) Specify a shell script or a command to run.", "minItems":1, "displayType":"textarea" } }, "mainSteps":[ { "action":"aws:runShellScript", "name":"runShellScript", "inputs":{ "commands":"{{ commands }}" } }, { "action":"aws:runPowerShellScript", "name":"runPowerShellScript", "inputs":{ "commands":"{{ commands }}" } } ] }
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For API details, see GetDocument
in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.
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For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using Systems Manager with an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.