AWS::SSM::Association Target - AWS CloudFormation
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AWS::SSM::Association Target

Target is a property of the AWS::SSM::Association resource that specifies the targets for an SSM document in Systems Manager. You can target all instances in an AWS account by specifying the InstanceIds key with a value of *. To view a JSON and a YAML example that targets all instances, see the example "Create an association for all managed instances in an AWS account" later in this page.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Key" : String,
  "Values" : [ String, ... ]
}

YAML

  Key: String
  Values: 
    - String

Properties

Key

User-defined criteria for sending commands that target managed nodes that meet the criteria.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Pattern: ^[\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]{1,128}$|resource-groups:Name

Update requires: No interruption

Values

User-defined criteria that maps to Key. For example, if you specified tag:ServerRole, you could specify value:WebServer to run a command on instances that include EC2 tags of ServerRole,WebServer.

Depending on the type of target, the maximum number of values for a key might be lower than the global maximum of 50.

Required: Yes

Type: Array of String

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 50

Update requires: No interruption