Installing and Configuring SSM Agent on Linux Instances
The SSM Agent processes Systems Manager requests and configures your machine as specified in the request. Use the following procedures to install, configure, or uninstall SSM Agent.
Important
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SSM Agent is installed, by default, on Amazon Linux base AMIs dated 2017.09 and later. SSM Agent is also installed, by default, on Amazon Linux 2 and Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS AMIs.
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You must manually install SSM Agent on other versions of Linux, including non-base images like Amazon ECS-Optimized AMIs.
The source code for SSM Agent is available on GitHub so that you can adapt the agent to meet your needs. We encourage you to submit pull requests for changes that you would like to have included. However, AWS does not currently provide support for running modified copies of this software.
Note
To view details about the different versions of SSM Agent, see the release notes.
