AWS Security Cookbook

Creating and attaching role for the AWS Systems Manager

To use the AWS Systems Manager from an EC2 instance, we need to attach a role to an EC2 instance, as follows:

1. Go to the IAM dashboard, click on Roles, and click on Create role.
2. Select EC2 from the list of services.

You shouldn't choose the EC2 option mentioned separately at the top; instead, choose EC2 from the following bigger list of services.

3. Scroll down and select EC2 Role for AWS Systems Manager.
4. Click Next:Permissions.
5. Verify that the AmazonEC2RoleforSSM role is attached. Click Next: Tags.
6. Optionally, provide any tags. Click Next: Review.
7. Give the role a name and click Create role:

We should see a message that says Role created successfully.

8. Attach this role to our EC2 ...