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Creating Parameter Store parameters in Systems Manager - Amazon Systems Manager
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Creating Parameter Store parameters in Systems Manager

A parameter is any piece of data stored in Parameter Store, such as a block of text, a list of names, an AMI ID, a license key, and so on. You can centrally and securely reference this data in your scripts, commands, and SSM documents.

Parameter Store provides support for the following parameter types:

  • String

  • StringList

  • SecureString

For more information about the preceding types, see Understanding parameter types.

In the following sections, you learn how to create Parameter Store parameters using the Amazon Web Services Management Console, the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI), or Amazon Tools for Windows PowerShell (Tools for Windows PowerShell).

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