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Amazon SSM install on Debian | Installation Guide

by | Oct 7, 2022

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Amazon SSM install on Debian

 

The SSM application runs on EC2 instances and enables you to easily execute remote commands or scripts against one or more instances. The agent uses SSM documents when you execute a command moreover the agent on the instance processes the document and composes the instance as specified.

Amazon SSM install on Debian

The SSM Agent enables you to run Shell scripts on an instance using the AWS-RunShellScript SSM document.

 

Installation for SSM Agent on Debian Server

 
 
  • Connect Debian Server instance using the preferred method, such as SSH.
 
  • Create a temporary directory on the instance.
 
mkdir /tmp/ssmCopy Code
 

Run the command to change the temporary directory:

 
cd /tmp/ssmCopy Code
 

Copy the command for the instance’s architecture and run it on the instance.

 

x86_64 instances

 
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads-windows/SSMAgent/latest/debian_amd64/amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 

ARM64 instances

 
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads-windows/SSMAgent/latest/debian_arm64/amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 

Run the following command.

 
sudo dpkg -i amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 

Now run the below command to verify that the agent is running.

 
sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agentCopy Code
 

The command reports will show as the agent is running, as shown below:

 
 amazon-ssm-agent.service - amazon-ssm-agent
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/amazon-ssm-agent.service; enabled; vendor
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-09-03 12:30:03 UTC; 3s ago
 Main PID: 628 (amazon-ssm-agen)
   CGroup: /system.slice/amazon-ssm-agent.service
           ├─628 /usr/bin/amazon-ssm-agent
           └─650 /usr/bin/ssm-agent-worker
            --truncated--Copy Code
 

In a few cases, the command reports that the agent installed might not be running:

 
 amazon-ssm-agent.service - amazon-ssm-agent
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/amazon-ssm-agent.service; enabled; vendor
   Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2022-09-03 12:30:03 UTC; 4s ago
 Main PID: 628 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
            --truncated--Copy Code
 

In such cases found then, you can activate the agent:

 
sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agentCopy Code
 
sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agentCopy Code
 

Create custom agent installation commands for Debian Server

 

On multiple instances When you install SSM Agent using a script or template, we do recommend using installation files that are stored in the AWS Region that you’re working in.

 

Here we have given examples that use a publicly accessible Amazon S3 bucket in the US East (Ohio) Region (

us-east-2Copy Code
).

 

In the following command, you just need to replace

"region"Copy Code
with your own information. For a list of supported
regionCopy Code
values, see the Region column in the Systems Manager service endpoints in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

 
wget https://s3.region.amazonaws.com/amazon-ssm-region/latest/debian_amd64/amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 
sudo dpkg -i amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 

See the following example:

wget https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-ssm-us-east-2/latest/debian_amd64/amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 
sudo dpkg -i amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 

ARM64

wget https://s3.region.amazonaws.com/amazon-ssm-region/latest/debian_arm64/amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 
sudo dpkg -i amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 

See the following example:

 
wget https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-ssm-us-east-2/latest/debian_arm64/amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 
sudo dpkg -i amazon-ssm-agent.debCopy Code
 

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Conclusion

The AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store (SSM) provides you with better features and a secure way to store config variables for your applications. You can simply access SSM through AWS API directly within the app or just use by AWS CLI.

 

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