AWSSupport-TroubleshootSSH - AWS Systems Manager

AWSSupport-TroubleshootSSH

Description

The AWSSupport-TroubleshootSSH runbook installs the Amazon EC2Rescue tool for Linux, and then uses the EC2Rescue tool to check or attempt to fix common issues that prevent a remote connection to the Linux machine via SSH. Optionally, changes can be applied offline by stopping and starting the instance, if the user explicitly allows for offline remediation. By default, the runbook operates in read-only mode.

Run this Automation (console)

For information about working with the AWSSupport-TroubleshootSSH runbook, see this AWSSupport-TroubleshootSSH troubleshooting topic from AWS Premium Support.

Document type

Automation

Owner

Amazon

Platforms

Linux

Parameters

  • Action

    Type: String

    Valid values: CheckAll | FixAll

    Default: CheckAll

    Description: (Required) Specify whether to check for issues without fixing them or to check and automatically fix any discovered issues.

  • AllowOffline

    Type: String

    Valid values: True | False

    Default: False

    Description: (Optional) Fix only - Set it to true if you allow an offline SSH remediation in case the online troubleshooting fails, or the provided instance is not a managed instance. Note: For the offline remediation, SSM Automation stops the instance, and creates an AMI before attempting any operations.

  • AutomationAssumeRole

    Type: String

    Description: (Optional) The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that allows Systems Manager Automation to perform the actions on your behalf. If no role is specified, Systems Manager Automation uses the permissions of the user that runs this document.

  • InstanceId

    Type: String

    Description: (Required) ID of your EC2 instance for Linux.

  • S3BucketName

    Type: String

    Description: (Optional) Offline only - S3 bucket name in your account where you want to upload the troubleshooting logs. Make sure the bucket policy does not grant unnecessary read/write permissions to parties that do not need access to the collected logs.

  • SubnetId

    Type: String

    Default: SelectedInstanceSubnet

    Description: (Optional) Offline only - The subnet ID for the EC2Rescue instance used to perform the offline troubleshooting. If no subnet ID is specified, AWS Systems Manager Automation will create a new VPC.

    Important

    The subnet must be in the same Availability Zone as InstanceId, and it must allow access to the SSM endpoints.

Required IAM permissions

The AutomationAssumeRole requires the following actions to successfully run the Automation document.

It is recommended that the EC2 instance receiving the command has an IAM role with the AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore Amazon managed policy attached. For the online remediation, the user must have at least ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation, ssm:StartAutomationExecution and ssm:SendCommand to run the automation and send the command to the instance, plus ssm:GetAutomationExecution to be able to read the automation output. For the offline remediation, the user must have at least ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation, ssm:StartAutomationExecution, ec2:DescribeInstances, plus ssm:GetAutomationExecution to be able to read the automation output. AWSSupport-TroubleshootSSH calls AWSSupport-ExecuteEC2Rescue to perform the offline remediation - please review the permissions for AWSSupport-ExecuteEC2Rescue to ensure you can run the automation successfully.

Document Steps

  1. aws:assertAwsResourceProperty - Check if the instance is a managed instance

    1. (Online remediation) If the instance is a managed instance, then:

      1. aws:configurePackage - Install EC2Rescue for Linux via AWS-ConfigureAWSPackage.

      2. aws:runCommand - Run the bash script to run EC2Rescue for Linux.

    2. (Offline remediation) If the instance is not a managed instance then:

      1. aws:assertAwsResourceProperty - Assert AllowOffline = True

      2. aws:assertAwsResourceProperty - Assert Action = FixAll

      3. aws:assertAwsResourceProperty - Assert the value of SubnetId

      4. (Use the provided instance's subnet) If SubnetId is SelectedInstanceSubnet us aws:executeAutomation to run AWSSupport-ExecuteEC2Rescue with provided instance's subnet.

      5. (Use the provided custom subnet) If SubnetId is not SelectedInstanceSubnet use aws:executeAutomation to run AWSSupport-ExecuteEC2Rescue with provided SubnetId value.

Outputs

troubleshootSSH.Output

troubleshootSSHOffline.Output

troubleshootSSHOfflineWithSubnetId.Output