AWS Systems Manager Overview

AWS Systems Manager is a service that helps you manage your EC2 instances and on-premises servers. Below are the key points covered in the training:

• Purpose: The Systems Manager provides tools to gain insights into the infrastructure state, detect problems, automate patching, and ensure compliance.
• Compatibility: It supports both Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Integration: Fully integrated with AWS CloudWatch for metrics, dashboards, and AWS Config.
• Cost: The service itself is free; you pay for the resources you use or create.

Key Features of AWS Systems Manager

• Resource Groups: This feature allows you to organize AWS resources based on specific criteria, providing a structured way to manage and automate tasks across grouped resources123.
• Operations Management: It provides a suite of tools for operational tasks and visibility, helping you manage your AWS resources effectively45.
• Explorer: This is a customizable operations dashboard that provides key insights and analysis into the operational health and performance of your AWS environment678.
• OpsCenter: It provides a central location where operations engineers and IT professionals can manage operational work items (OpsItems) related to AWS resources91011.
• CloudWatch Dashboard: It allows you to create customized views of the metrics and alarms for your AWS resources, providing monitoring and visualization capabilities12.
• PHD (Personal Health Dashboard): This feature provides a personalized view of the health of the AWS services underlying your AWS resources.
• Incident Manager: It enables faster resolution of critical application availability and performance issues by preparing automated response plans131415.
• Shared Resources: This feature includes documents for automation that can be shared across accounts and AWS Regions for managing and configuring your AWS resources1617.
• Change Management: Tools like Change Manager and Automation help manage changes to both AWS resources and on-premises resources1819.
• Application Management: It includes Application Manager, AppConfig, and Parameter Store, which help manage your applications running in AWS2021.
• Node Management: It includes Fleet Manager, Compliance, Inventory, Hybrid Activation, Session Manager, Run Command, State Manager, Patch Manager, Distributor, which help manage nodes in your AWS environment.

Focus for the Exam

• The training will cover essential features (highlighted in blue) at a high level, not all features.