Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeInstancePatches

Retrieves information about the patches on the specified managed node and their state relative to the patch baseline being used for the node.

Request Syntax


{
   "Filters": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Values": [ "string" ]
      }
   ],
   "InstanceId": "string",
   "MaxResults": number,
   "NextToken": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Filters

Each element in the array is a structure containing a key-value pair.

Supported keys for DescribeInstancePatchesinclude the following:

Classification

Sample values: Security | SecurityUpdates
KBId

Sample values: KB4480056 | java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64
Severity

Sample values: Important | Medium | Low
State

Sample values: Installed | InstalledOther | InstalledPendingReboot

For lists of all State values, see Patch compliance state values in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Type: Array of PatchOrchestratorFilter objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 5 items.

Required: No

InstanceId

The ID of the managed node whose patch state information should be retrieved.

Type: String

Pattern: (^i-(\w{8}|\w{17})$)|(^mi-\w{17}$)

Required: Yes

MaxResults

The maximum number of patches to return (per page).

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 10. Maximum value of 100.

Required: No

NextToken

The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "NextToken": "string",
   "Patches": [ 
      { 
         "Classification": "string",
         "CVEIds": "string",
         "InstalledTime": number,
         "KBId": "string",
         "Severity": "string",
         "State": "string",
         "Title": "string"
      }
   ]
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

NextToken

The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no additional items to return, the string is empty.

Type: String

Patches

Each entry in the array is a structure containing:

Title (string)
KBId (string)
Classification (string)
Severity (string)
State (string, such as "INSTALLED" or "FAILED")
InstalledTime (DateTime)
InstalledBy (string)

Type: Array of PatchComplianceData objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalServerError

An error occurred on the server side.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidFilter

The filter name isn't valid. Verify the you entered the correct name and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInstanceId

The following problems can cause this exception:

You don't have permission to access the managed node.
AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) isn't running. Verify that SSM Agent is running.
SSM Agent isn't registered with the SSM endpoint. Try reinstalling SSM Agent.
The managed node isn't in a valid state. Valid states are: Running, Pending, Stopped, and Stopping. Invalid states are: Shutting-down and Terminated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidNextToken

The specified token isn't valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of DescribeInstancePatches.

Sample Request


POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ssm.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 37
X-Amz-Target: AmazonSSM.DescribeInstancePatches
X-Amz-Date: 20240308T205131Z
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.11.180 Python/2.7.9 Windows/8 botocore/1.7.38
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20240308/us-east-2/ssm/aws4_request, 
SignedHeaders=content-type;host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE

{
    "InstanceId": "i-02573cafcfEXAMPLE"
}

Sample Response


{
    "Patches": [
        {
            "Title": "NetworkManager.x86_64:1:1.30.0-7.el8",
            "KBId": "NetworkManager.x86_64",
            "Classification": "Security",
            "Severity": "Moderate",
            "State": "Installed",
            "InstalledTime": "2024-05-19T10:03:07-07:00"
        },
        {
            "Title": "bash.x86_64:0:4.4.19-14.el8",
            "KBId": "bash.x86_64",
            "Classification": "Security",
            "Severity": "Low",
            "State": "Installed",
            "InstalledTime": "2024-05-19T10:03:25-07:00"
        },
        {
            "Title": "kernel-modules.x86_64:0:4.18.0-305.10.2.el8_4",
            "KBId": "kernel-modules.x86_64",
            "Classification": "Security",
            "Severity": "Important",
            "State": "Installed",
            "InstalledTime": "2024-08-04T10:45:42-07:00"
        }
        // There may be more content here
    ]
}