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Deploy AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup programmatically across your AWS Organization

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This article demonstrates how to deploy AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup configurations programmatically across your AWS Organization using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) or AWS CloudFormation. Quick Setup automates common tasks and sets up recommended best practices in your organization.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Prerequisites for deploying Quick Setup configurations
  • Deploying the Default Host Management Configuration to enable automatic SSM Agent updates
  • Deploying Host Management best practices to gather Inventory metadata
  • Deploying Patch Manager for scheduled patch scan and install operations
  • Reviewing the deployed configurations in the AWS Management Console and target member accounts
  • Instructions for cleaning up the deployed resources


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