Back to Basics: Using AWS CloudFormation and AWS Systems Manager Together

In this episode join Aaron as he explores how you can configure EC2 Instances deployed by CloudFormation or Auto-Scaling with a State Manager Association. He also explains the importance of using Idempotent tools and methods when implementing this these patterns. The use of this pattern can be leveraged when installing web servers or COTS based applications. 

Additional Resources:
AWS SSM Association CloudFormation Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudF...
Using States Managers with CloudFormation Blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/using...
Managing and Governing Windows workloads on AWS re:Invent Session:    • AWS re:Invent 2020: Managing and gove...  
GitHub Samples of CloudFormation with Systems Manager: https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-sy...

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