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Securely administer servers migrated with AWS Application Migration Service using AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

AWS Cloud Operations Blog

This article explains how to securely administer migrated servers using AWS Systems Manager Session Manager instead of deploying bastion hosts, which improves security, reduces costs, and decreases administrative overhead.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • The solution overview, highlighting the traditional bastion host approach versus using Session Manager
  • The prerequisites for implementing this solution using AWS Application Migration Service
  • A step-by-step walkthrough for configuring Session Manager as a post-launch action in Application Migration Service, including creating a CloudFormation template and VPC endpoints
  • How to connect to migrated Linux and Windows servers using Session Manager CLI or RDP
  • The conclusion summarizing the benefits of this approach and additional Systems Manager capabilities
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