Running scripts from Amazon S3 - Amazon Systems Manager
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Running scripts from Amazon S3

This section describes how to download and run scripts from Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The following topic includes information and terminology relating to Amazon S3. To learn more about Amazon S3, see What is Amazon S3? You can run different types of scripts, including Ansible Playbooks, Python, Ruby, Shell, and PowerShell.

You can also download a directory that includes multiple scripts. When you run the primary script in the directory, Amazon Systems Manager also runs any referenced scripts that are included in the directory.

Note the following important details about running scripts from Amazon S3:

  • Systems Manager doesn't verify that your script is capable of running on an node. Before you download and run the script, verify that the required software is installed on the node. Or, you can create a composite document that installs the software by using either Run Command or State Manager, capabilities of Amazon Systems Manager, and then downloads and runs the script.

  • Verify that your user, role, or group has been granted the Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions needed to read from the S3 bucket.

  • Ensure that the instance profile on your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances has s3:ListBucket and s3:GetObject permissions. If the instance profile doesn't have these permissions, the system fails to download your script from the S3 bucket. For more information, see Using instance profiles in the IAM User Guide.

Run shell scripts from Amazon S3

This following information includes procedures to help you run scripts from Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) by using either the Amazon Systems Manager console or the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI). Though shell scripts are used in the examples, other types of scripts can be substituted.

Run a shell script from Amazon S3 (console)

Run a shell script from Amazon S3
  1. Open the Amazon Systems Manager console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Run Command.

    -or-

    If the Amazon Systems Manager home page opens first, choose the menu icon ( 
    The menu icon
  ) to open the navigation pane, and then choose Run Command.

  3. Choose Run command.

  4. In the Command document list, choose AWS-RunRemoteScript.

  5. In Command parameters, do the following:

    • In Source Type, select S3.

    • In the Source Info text box, enter the required information to access the source in the following format. Replace each example resource placeholder with your own information.

      Note

      Replace https://s3.aws-api-domain with the URL for your bucket. You can copy your bucket URL in Amazon S3 on the Objects tab.

      {"path":"https://s3.aws-api-domain/path to script"}

      The following is an example.

      {"path":"https://mytestbucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/scripts/shell/helloWorld.sh"}
    • In the Command Line field, enter parameters for the script execution. Here is an example.

      helloWorld.sh argument-1 argument-2
    • (Optional) In the Working Directory field, enter the name of a directory on the node where you want to download and run the script.

    • (Optional) In Execution Timeout, specify the number of seconds for the system to wait before failing the script command execution.

  6. In the Targets section, choose the managed nodes on which you want to run this operation by specifying tags, selecting instances or edge devices manually, or specifying a resource group.

    Tip

    If a managed node you expect to see isn't listed, see Troubleshooting managed node availability for troubleshooting tips.

  7. For Other parameters:

    • For Comment, enter information about this command.

    • For Timeout (seconds), specify the number of seconds for the system to wait before failing the overall command execution.

  8. For Rate control:

    • For Concurrency, specify either a number or a percentage of managed nodes on which to run the command at the same time.

      Note

      If you selected targets by specifying tags applied to managed nodes or by specifying Amazon resource groups, and you aren't certain how many managed nodes are targeted, then restrict the number of targets that can run the document at the same time by specifying a percentage.

    • For Error threshold, specify when to stop running the command on other managed nodes after it fails on either a number or a percentage of nodes. For example, if you specify three errors, then Systems Manager stops sending the command when the fourth error is received. Managed nodes still processing the command might also send errors.

  9. (Optional) For Output options, to save the command output to a file, select the Write command output to an S3 bucket box. Enter the bucket and prefix (folder) names in the boxes.

    Note

    The S3 permissions that grant the ability to write the data to an S3 bucket are those of the instance profile (for EC2 instances) or IAM service role (hybrid-activated machines) assigned to the instance, not those of the IAM user performing this task. For more information, see Configure instance permissions for Systems Manager or Create an IAM service role for a hybrid environment. In addition, if the specified S3 bucket is in a different Amazon Web Services account, make sure that the instance profile or IAM service role associated with the managed node has the necessary permissions to write to that bucket.

  10. In the SNS notifications section, if you want notifications sent about the status of the command execution, select the Enable SNS notifications check box.

    For more information about configuring Amazon SNS notifications for Run Command, see Monitoring Systems Manager status changes using Amazon SNS notifications.

  11. Choose Run.

Run a shell script from Amazon S3 (command line)

  1. Install and configure the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI), if you haven't already.

    For information, see Installing or updating the latest version of the Amazon CLI.

  2. Run the following command. Replace each example resource placeholder with your own information.

    Note

    Replace https://s3.aws-api-domain with the URL for your bucket. You can copy your bucket URL in Amazon S3 on the Objects tab.

    Linux & macOS
    aws ssm send-command \ --document-name "AWS-RunRemoteScript" \ --output-s3-bucket-name "bucket-name" \ --output-s3-key-prefix "key-prefix" \ --targets "Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id" \ --parameters '{"sourceType":["S3"],"sourceInfo":["{\"path\":\"https://s3.aws-api-domain/script path\"}"],"commandLine":["script name and arguments"]}'
    Windows
    aws ssm send-command ^ --document-name "AWS-RunRemoteScript" ^ --output-s3-bucket-name "bucket-name" ^ --output-s3-key-prefix "key-prefix" ^ --targets "Key=InstanceIds,Values=instance-id" ^ --parameters "sourceType"="S3",sourceInfo='{\"path\":\"https://s3.aws-api-domain/script path\"}',"commandLine"="script name and arguments"
    PowerShell
    Send-SSMCommand ` -DocumentName "AWS-RunRemoteScript" ` -OutputS3BucketName "bucket-name" ` -OutputS3KeyPrefix "key-prefix" ` -Target @{Key="InstanceIds";Values=@("instance-id")} ` -Parameter @{ sourceType="S3";sourceInfo='{"path": "https://s3.aws-api-domain/script path"}',; "commandLine"="script name and arguments"}