update-document
Description
Updates one or more values for an SSM document.
See also: AWS API Documentation
Synopsis
update-document
--content <value>
[--attachments <value>]
--name <value>
[--display-name <value>]
[--version-name <value>]
[--document-version <value>]
[--document-format <value>]
[--target-type <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
Options
--content (string)
--attachments (list)
A list of key-value pairs that describe attachments to a version of a document.
(structure)
Identifying information about a document attachment, including the file name and a key-value pair that identifies the location of an attachment to a document.
Key -> (string)
Values -> (list)
The value of a key-value pair that identifies the location of an attachment to a document. The format for Value depends on the type of key you specify.
- For the key SourceUrl , the value is an S3 bucket location. For example:
"Values": [ "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/my-prefix" ] - For the key S3FileUrl , the value is a file in an S3 bucket. For example:
"Values": [ "s3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/my-prefix/my-file.py" ] - For the key AttachmentReference , the value is constructed from the name of another SSM document in your account, a version number of that document, and a file attached to that document version that you want to reuse. For example:
"Values": [ "MyOtherDocument/3/my-other-file.py" ]However, if the SSM document is shared with you from another account, the full SSM document ARN must be specified instead of the document name only. For example:"Values": [ "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:111122223333:document/OtherAccountDocument/3/their-file.py" ]
(string)
Name -> (string)
Shorthand Syntax:
Key=string,Values=string,string,Name=string ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"Key": "SourceUrl"|"S3FileUrl"|"AttachmentReference",
"Values": ["string", ...],
"Name": "string"
}
...
]
--name (string)
--display-name (string)
--version-name (string)
--document-version (string)
The version of the document that you want to update. Currently, Systems Manager supports updating only the latest version of the document. You can specify the version number of the latest version or use the $LATEST variable.
Note
If you change a document version for a State Manager association, Systems Manager immediately runs the association unless you previously specifed theapply-only-at-cron-interval parameter.--document-format (string)
Specify the document format for the new document version. Systems Manager supports JSON and YAML documents. JSON is the default format.
Possible values:
YAMLJSONTEXT
--target-type (string)
--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.
Global Options
--debug (boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url (string)
Override command’s default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl (boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate (boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output (string)
The formatting style for command output.
- json
- text
- table
- yaml
- yaml-stream
--query (string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile (string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region (string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version (string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color (string)
Turn on/off color output.
- on
- off
- auto
--no-sign-request (boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle (string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout (int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout (int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-binary-format (string)
The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.
- base64
- raw-in-base64-out
--no-cli-pager (boolean)
Disable cli pager for output.
--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
Examples
Note
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
To create a new version of a document
The following update-document example creates a new version of a document when run on a Windows computer. The document specified by --document must be in JSON format. Note that file:// must be referenced followed by the path of the content file. Because of the $ at the beginning of the --document-version parameter, On Windows you must surround the value with double quotes. On Linux, MacOS, or at a PowerShell prompt, you must surround the value with single quotes.
Windows version:
aws ssm update-document \
--name "RunShellScript" \
--content "file://RunShellScript.json" \
--document-version "$LATEST"
Linux/Mac version:
aws ssm update-document \
--name "RunShellScript" \
--content "file://RunShellScript.json" \
--document-version '$LATEST'
Output:
{
"DocumentDescription": {
"Status": "Updating",
"Hash": "f775e5df4904c6fa46686c4722fae9de1950dace25cd9608ff8d622046b68d9b",
"Name": "RunShellScript",
"Parameters": [
{
"Type": "StringList",
"Name": "commands",
"Description": "(Required) Specify a shell script or a command to run."
}
],
"DocumentType": "Command",
"PlatformTypes": [
"Linux"
],
"DocumentVersion": "2",
"HashType": "Sha256",
"CreatedDate": 1487899655.152,
"Owner": "809632081692",
"SchemaVersion": "2.0",
"DefaultVersion": "1",
"LatestVersion": "2",
"Description": "Run an updated script"
}
}
Output
DocumentDescription -> (structure)
A description of the document that was updated.
Sha1 -> (string)
Hash -> (string)
The Sha256 or Sha1 hash created by the system when the document was created.
Note
Sha1 hashes have been deprecated.HashType -> (string)
The hash type of the document. Valid values include Sha256 or Sha1 .
Note
Sha1 hashes have been deprecated.Name -> (string)
DisplayName -> (string)
VersionName -> (string)
Owner -> (string)
CreatedDate -> (timestamp)
Status -> (string)
StatusInformation -> (string)
Status value. For example, a Failed status might be explained by the StatusInformation message, “The specified S3 bucket doesn’t exist. Verify that the URL of the S3 bucket is correct.”DocumentVersion -> (string)
Description -> (string)
Parameters -> (list)
A description of the parameters for a document.
(structure)
Parameters specified in a Systems Manager document that run on the server when the command is run.
Name -> (string)
Type -> (string)
Description -> (string)
DefaultValue -> (string)
PlatformTypes -> (list)
The list of operating system (OS) platforms compatible with this SSM document.
(string)
DocumentType -> (string)
SchemaVersion -> (string)
LatestVersion -> (string)
DefaultVersion -> (string)
DocumentFormat -> (string)
TargetType -> (string)
/AWS::EC2::Instance . For a list of valid resource types, see Amazon Web Services resource and property types reference in the CloudFormation User Guide .Tags -> (list)
The tags, or metadata, that have been applied to the document.
(structure)
Metadata that you assign to your Amazon Web Services resources. Tags enable you to categorize your resources in different ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment. In Amazon Web Services Systems Manager, you can apply tags to Systems Manager documents (SSM documents), managed nodes, maintenance windows, parameters, patch baselines, OpsItems, and OpsMetadata.
Key -> (string)
Value -> (string)
AttachmentsInformation -> (list)
Details about the document attachments, including names, locations, sizes, and so on.
(structure)
An attribute of an attachment, such as the attachment name.
Name -> (string)
Requires -> (list)
A list of SSM documents required by a document. For example, an ApplicationConfiguration document requires an ApplicationConfigurationSchema document.
(structure)
An SSM document required by the current document.
Name -> (string)
Version -> (string)
RequireType -> (string)
VersionName -> (string)
Author -> (string)
ReviewInformation -> (list)
Details about the review of a document.
(structure)
Information about the result of a document review request.
ReviewedTime -> (timestamp)
Status -> (string)
Reviewer -> (string)
ApprovedVersion -> (string)
PendingReviewVersion -> (string)
ReviewStatus -> (string)
Category -> (list)
The classification of a document to help you identify and categorize its use.
(string)
CategoryEnum -> (list)
The value that identifies a document’s category.
(string)
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