AWS Systems Manager contains a feature of automatically gathering inventory data from the AWS resources. It archives software and hardware installation records, helping administrators track configurations across cloud and on-premises environments. The Systems Manager manages updates efficiently and prevents outdated or redundant data from cluttering your cloud infrastructure. Inventory collection requires significant resources and coordination in large-scale scenarios, making the Systems Manager an important tool for facilitating cloud management tasks.
You’ll create an IAM role in this Cloud Lab to facilitate communications between EC2 instances and the Systems Manager. You’ll then launch a Linux and a Windows EC2 instance in the default VPC. You’ll also configure these instances to send inventory data to the Systems Manager. Finally, you’ll create an S3 bucket using the best data management and security practices to store inventory data.
After completing this Cloud Lab, you will be geared for inventory management via Systems Manager. It will enhance your cloud management skills, prepare you for advanced AWS operations, and equip you with key expertise for managing AWS cloud infrastructure.
The following is the high-level architecture diagram of the infrastructure you will create in this Cloud Lab:
