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Use DescribeDocumentPermission with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

Use DescribeDocumentPermission with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeDocumentPermission.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe document permissions

The following describe-document-permission example displays permission details about a Systems Manager document that is shared publicly.

aws ssm describe-document-permission \ --name "Example" \ --permission-type "Share"

Output:

{ "AccountIds": [ "all" ], "AccountSharingInfoList": [ { "AccountId": "all", "SharedDocumentVersion": "$DEFAULT" } ] }

For more information, see Share a Systems Manager Document in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example lists all the versions for a document.

Get-SSMDocumentVersionList -Name "RunShellScript"

Output:

CreatedDate DocumentVersion IsDefaultVersion Name ----------- --------------- ---------------- ---- 2/24/2017 5:25:13 AM 1 True RunShellScript
AWS CLI

To describe document permissions

The following describe-document-permission example displays permission details about a Systems Manager document that is shared publicly.

aws ssm describe-document-permission \ --name "Example" \ --permission-type "Share"

Output:

{ "AccountIds": [ "all" ], "AccountSharingInfoList": [ { "AccountId": "all", "SharedDocumentVersion": "$DEFAULT" } ] }

For more information, see Share a Systems Manager Document in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

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