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AWS systems-manager documentation change

Service: systems-manager · 2025-08-28 · Documentation medium

File: systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md

Summary

Removed references to Amazon Linux 1, CentOS 6.x, RHEL 6.x, SLES, and Ubuntu 14.04. Updated Debian versions.

Security assessment

Removes documentation for end-of-life operating systems but doesn't explicitly state security motivations. Focuses on current system support.

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md
index 518af1b00..242e9e649 100644
--- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md
+++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md
@@ -11,5 +11,2 @@ Operating system | Command to check SSM Agent status | Command to start SSM Agen
-Amazon Linux 1 |  `sudo status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo start amazon-ssm-agent`  
-Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2022, and Amazon Linux 2023 |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent` `sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent`  
-CentOS 6.x |  `sudo status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo start amazon-ssm-agent`  
-CentOS 7.x and CentOS 8.x |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent` `sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent`  
-Debian Server 8, 9, and 10 |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent` `sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent`  
+Amazon Linux 2and Amazon Linux 2023 |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent` `sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent`  
+Debian Server11 and 12 |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent` `sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent`  
@@ -18 +14,0 @@ Oracle Linux |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enab
-Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x |  `sudo status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo start amazon-ssm-agent`  
@@ -20,2 +16 @@ Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x |  `sudo systemctl statu
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent` `sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent`  
-Ubuntu Server 14.04 (all) and 16.04 (32-bit) |  `sudo status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo start amazon-ssm-agent`  
+Ubuntu Server 16.04 (32-bit) |  `sudo status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo start amazon-ssm-agent`  
@@ -23 +18 @@ Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit instances (deb package installation) |  `sudo systemc
-Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS, 18.04, 20.04, 20.10 STR, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, 24.04 LTS, 24.0, and 25.04 |  `sudo systemctl status snap.amazon-ssm-agent.amazon-ssm-agent.service` |  `sudo snap start amazon-ssm-agent`  
+Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, 24.04 LTS, 24.0, and 25.04 |  `sudo systemctl status snap.amazon-ssm-agent.amazon-ssm-agent.service` |  `sudo snap start amazon-ssm-agent`