AWS systems-manager documentation change

Service: systems-manager · 2025-06-25 · Documentation low

File: systems-manager/latest/userguide/example_ssm_DescribeAutomationExecutions_section.md

Summary

Added PowerShell examples for monitoring automation execution statuses

Security assessment

The examples demonstrate monitoring automation workflows but don't address security controls or vulnerabilities. They focus on operational visibility rather than security features.

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/example_ssm_DescribeAutomationExecutions_section.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/example_ssm_DescribeAutomationExecutions_section.md
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+**Tools for PowerShell V5**
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+**Example 1: This example describes all active and terminated Automation Executions associated with your account.**
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+    Get-SSMAutomationExecutionList
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+**Output:**
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+    AutomationExecutionId     : 4105a4fc-f944-11e6-9d32-8fb2db27a909
+    AutomationExecutionStatus : Failed
+    DocumentName              : AWS-UpdateLinuxAmi
+    DocumentVersion           : 1
+    ExecutedBy                : admin
+    ExecutionEndTime          : 2/22/2017 9:17:08 PM
+    ExecutionStartTime        : 2/22/2017 9:17:02 PM
+    LogFile                   :
+    Outputs                   : {[createImage.ImageId, Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util.AlwaysSendList`1[System.String]]}
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+**Example 2: This example displays ExecutionID, document, execution start/end timestamp for executions with AutomationExecutionStatus other than 'Success'**
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+    Get-SSMAutomationExecutionList | Where-Object AutomationExecutionStatus -ne "Success" | Select-Object AutomationExecutionId, DocumentName, AutomationExecutionStatus, ExecutionStartTime, ExecutionEndTime | Format-Table -AutoSize
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+**Output:**
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+    AutomationExecutionId                DocumentName                            AutomationExecutionStatus ExecutionStartTime   ExecutionEndTime
+    ---------------------                ------------                            ------------------------- ------------------   ----------------
+    e1d2bad3-4567-8901-ae23-456c7c8901be AWS-UpdateWindowsAmi                    Cancelled                 4/16/2019 5:37:04 AM 4/16/2019 5:47:29 AM
+    61234567-a7f8-90e1-2b34-567b8bf9012c Fixed-UpdateAmi                         Cancelled                 4/16/2019 5:33:04 AM 4/16/2019 5:40:15 AM
+    91234d56-7e89-0ac1-2aee-34ea5d6a7c89 AWS-UpdateWindowsAmi                    Failed                    4/16/2019 5:22:46 AM 4/16/2019 5:27:29 AM
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+  * For API details, see [DescribeAutomationExecutions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_. 
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