AWS Systems Manager

Use AWS Systems Manager to organize, monitor, and automate management tasks on your AWS resources.

How AWS Systems Manager Differs for AWS GovCloud (US)

• In the OpsCenter capability, markdown support in the OpsItem description field in the console is not available.

• AWS Systems Manager Application Manager cost management is not available.

• Support for viewing association histories is not available.

• SSM Agent for AWS GovCloud (US) can be downloaded from the following location:

  
          https://amazon-ssm-us-gov-east-1.s3.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/windows_amd64/AmazonSSMAgentSetup.exe
        

• AWS Systems Manager Change Manager is not available.

• Delegated administrator for AWS Systems Manager Explorer is not available.

• Quick Setup doesn't support cross account or cross Region configurations in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

• Quick Setup for Organizations is not available.

• Incident Manager is not available.

• Patch Policies feature is not available.

Documentation for AWS Systems Manager

AWS Systems Manager documentation.

Export-Controlled Content

For AWS Services architected within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, the following list explains how certain components of data may leave the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions in the normal course of the service offerings. The list can be used as a guide to help meet applicable customer compliance obligations. Data not included in the following list remains within the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

• The following AWS Systems Manager metadata fields are not permitted to contain export-controlled data:

  • Document names

  • Parameter Store parameter names

  • Patch group names (that is, the value of the Patch Group tag)