Use CancelCommand with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use CancelCommand with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CancelCommand.

CLI
AWS CLI

Example 1: To cancel a command for all instances

The following cancel-command example attempts to cancel the specified command that is already running for all instances.

aws ssm cancel-command \
    --command-id "662add3d-5831-4a10-b64a-f2ff3EXAMPLE"

This command produces no output.

Example 2: To cancel a command for specific instances

The following cancel-command example attempts to cancel a command for the specified instance only.

aws ssm cancel-command \
    --command-id "662add3d-5831-4a10-b64a-f2ff3EXAMPLE"
    --instance-ids "i-02573cafcfEXAMPLE"

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Tagging Systems Manager Parameters in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

  • For API details, see CancelCommand in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example attempts to cancel a command. There is no output if the operation succeeds.

Stop-SSMCommand -CommandId "9ded293e-e792-4440-8e3e-7b8ec5feaa38"

  • For API details, see CancelCommand in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.