Searching for Parameter Store parameters in Systems Manager

When you have a lot of parameters in your account, it can be difficult to find information about a single or several parameters at a time. In this case, you can use filter tools to search for the ones you need information about, according to search criteria you specify. You can use the AWS Systems Manager console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), the AWS Tools for PowerShell, or the DescribeParameters API to search for parameters.

Searching for a parameter using the console

1. Open the AWS Systems Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Parameter Store.

3. Select in the search box and choose how you want to search. For example, Type or Name.

4. Provide information for the search type you selected. For example:

   • If you're searching by Type, choose from String, StringList, or SecureString.

   • If you're searching by Name, choose contains, equals, or begins-with, and then enter all or part of a parameter name.

     Note

     In the console, the default search type for Name is contains.

5. Press Enter.

The list of parameters is updated with the results of your search.

Searching for a parameter using the AWS CLI

Use the describe-parameters command to view information about one or more parameters in the AWS CLI.

The following examples demonstrate various options you can use to view information about the parameters in your AWS account. For more information about these options, see describe-parameters in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.

1. Install and configure the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), if you haven't already.

   For information, see Installing or updating the latest version of the AWS CLI.

2. Replace the sample values in the following commands with values reflecting parameters that have been created in your account.

   Linux & macOS

   aws ssm describe-parameters \
       --parameter-filters "Key=Name,Values=MyParameterName"

   Windows

   aws ssm describe-parameters ^
       --parameter-filters "Key=Name,Values=MyParameterName"

   Note

   For describe-parameters, the default search type for Name is Equals. In your parameter filters, specifying "Key=Name,Values=MyParameterName" is the same as specifying "Key=Name,Option=Equals,Values=MyParameterName".

   aws ssm describe-parameters \
       --parameter-filters "Key=Name,Option=Contains,Values=Product"

   aws ssm describe-parameters \
       --parameter-filters "Key=Type,Values=String"

   aws ssm describe-parameters \
       --parameter-filters "Key=Path,Values=/Production/West"

   aws ssm describe-parameters \
       --parameter-filters "Key=Tier,Values=Standard"

   aws ssm describe-parameters \
       --parameter-filters "Key=tag:tag-key,Values=tag-value"

   aws ssm describe-parameters \
       --parameter-filters "Key=KeyId,Values=key-id"

   Note

   In the last example, key-id represents the ID of an AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key used to encrypt a SecureString parameter created in your account. Alternatively, you can enter alias/aws/ssm to use the default AWS KMS key for your account. For more information, see Creating a SecureString parameter using the AWS CLI.

   If successful, the command returns output similar to the following.

   {
       "Parameters": [
           {
               "Name": "/Production/West/Manager",
               "Type": "String",
               "LastModifiedDate": 1573438580.703,
               "LastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/Mateo.Jackson",
               "Version": 1,
               "Tier": "Standard",
               "Policies": []
           },
           {
               "Name": "/Production/West/TeamLead",
               "Type": "String",
               "LastModifiedDate": 1572363610.175,
               "LastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/Mateo.Jackson",
               "Version": 1,
               "Tier": "Standard",
               "Policies": []
           },
           {
               "Name": "/Production/West/HR",
               "Type": "String",
               "LastModifiedDate": 1572363680.503,
               "LastModifiedUser": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/Mateo.Jackson",
               "Version": 1,
               "Tier": "Standard",
               "Policies": []
           }
       ]
   }