- AWS Session Manager enables access to EC2 instances without the need of a Key-Value pair, which is a common way of generating a password to access the instances.
- The advantage is that by using Session Manager, the session history of the EC2 instances is saved and thus helps monitoring the instance access.
- The EC2 instance must have “AmazonEC2RoleForSSM” policy to be able to use Session Manger
- Session Manager is a part of AWS Systems Manager
What is the use of AWS Session Manager?
AWS Session Manager enables access to EC2 instances without the need of a Key-Value pair, which comes with some advantages.
