Use PutInventory with an AWS SDK or CLI

To assign customer metadata to an instance

This example assigns rack location information to an instance. There is no output if the command succeeds.

Command (Linux):

<userinput>aws ssm put-inventory --instance-id <replaceable>"i-016648b75dd622dab"</replaceable> --items '<replaceable>[{"TypeName": "Custom:RackInfo","SchemaVersion": "1.0","CaptureTime": "2019-01-22T10:01:01Z","Content":[{"RackLocation": "Bay B/Row C/Rack D/Shelf E"}]}]</replaceable>'</userinput>

Command (Windows):

<userinput>aws ssm put-inventory --instance-id <replaceable>"i-016648b75dd622dab"</replaceable> --items <replaceable>"TypeName=Custom:RackInfo,SchemaVersion=1.0,CaptureTime=2019-01-22T10:01:01Z,Content=[{RackLocation='Bay B/Row C/Rack D/Shelf F'}]"</replaceable></userinput>

Example 1: This example assigns rack location information to an instance. There is no output if the command succeeds.

$data = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[System.String,System.String]"
$data.Add("RackLocation", "Bay B/Row C/Rack D/Shelf F")

$items = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.List[System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[System.String, System.String]]"
$items.Add($data)

$customInventoryItem = New-Object Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InventoryItem
$customInventoryItem.CaptureTime = "2016-08-22T10:01:01Z"
$customInventoryItem.Content = $items
$customInventoryItem.TypeName = "Custom:TestRackInfo2"
$customInventoryItem.SchemaVersion = "1.0"

$inventoryItems = @($customInventoryItem)

Write-SSMInventory -InstanceId "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f" -Item $inventoryItems