Use StartAutomationExecution with an Amazon SDK or CLI - Amazon Systems Manager
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Use StartAutomationExecution with an Amazon SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use StartAutomationExecution.

CLI
Amazon CLI

Example 1: To execute an automation document

The following start-automation-execution example runs an Automation document.

aws ssm start-automation-execution \
    --document-name "AWS-UpdateLinuxAmi" \
    --parameters "AutomationAssumeRole=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/SSMAutomationRole,SourceAmiId=ami-EXAMPLE,IamInstanceProfileName=EC2InstanceRole"

Output:

{
  "AutomationExecutionId": "4105a4fc-f944-11e6-9d32-0a1b2EXAMPLE"
}

For more information, see Running an Automation Workflow Manually in the Amazon Systems Manager User Guide.

Example 2: To run a shared automation document

The following start-automation-execution example runs a shared Automation document.

aws ssm start-automation-execution \
    --document-name "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-1:123456789012:document/ExampleDocument"

Output:

{
  "AutomationExecutionId": "4105a4fc-f944-11e6-9d32-0a1b2EXAMPLE"
}

For more information, see Using shared SSM documents in the Amazon Systems Manager User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example runs a document specifying an Automation role, an AMI source ID, and an Amazon EC2 instance role.

Start-SSMAutomationExecution -DocumentName AWS-UpdateLinuxAmi -Parameter @{'AutomationAssumeRole'='arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/SSMAutomationRole';'SourceAmiId'='ami-f173cc91';'InstanceIamRole'='EC2InstanceRole'}

Output:

3a532a4f-0382-11e7-9df7-6f11185f6dd1

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.