• The Amazon Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Working with SSM Agent on EC2 instances for Linux
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Amazon Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) processes Systems Manager requests and configures your machine as specified in the request. Use the procedures in following topics to install, configure, or uninstall SSM Agent on Linux operating systems.

**Topics**
+ [Verifying the signature of SSM Agent](verify-agent-signature.md)
+ [Manually installing and uninstalling SSM Agent on EC2 instances for Linux](manually-install-ssm-agent-linux.md)
+ [Configuring SSM Agent to use a proxy on Linux nodes](configure-proxy-ssm-agent.md)