• The AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Install the Session Manager plugin on Debian Server and Ubuntu Server
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1. Download the Session Manager plugin deb package.

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#### [ x86\$164 ]

   ```
   curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/ubuntu_64bit/session-manager-plugin.deb" -o "session-manager-plugin.deb"
   ```

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#### [ ARM64 ]

   ```
   curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/ubuntu_arm64/session-manager-plugin.deb" -o "session-manager-plugin.deb"
   ```

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1. Run the install command.

   ```
   sudo dpkg -i session-manager-plugin.deb
   ```

1. Verify that the installation was successful. For information, see [Verify the Session Manager plugin installation](install-plugin-verify.md).

**Note**  
If you ever want to uninstall the plugin, run `sudo dpkg -r session-manager-plugin`