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[ aws . ssm ]

describe-patch-properties

Description

Lists the properties of available patches organized by product, product family, classification, severity, and other properties of available patches. You can use the reported properties in the filters you specify in requests for operations such as CreatePatchBaseline , UpdatePatchBaseline , DescribeAvailablePatches , and DescribePatchBaselines .

The following section lists the properties that can be used in filters for each major operating system type:

AMAZON_LINUX

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION | SEVERITY

AMAZON_LINUX_2

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION | SEVERITY

AMAZON_LINUX_2023

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION | SEVERITY

CENTOS

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION | SEVERITY

DEBIAN

Valid properties: PRODUCT | PRIORITY

MACOS

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION

ORACLE_LINUX

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION | SEVERITY

REDHAT_ENTERPRISE_LINUX

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION | SEVERITY

SUSE

Valid properties: PRODUCT | CLASSIFICATION | SEVERITY

UBUNTU

Valid properties: PRODUCT | PRIORITY

WINDOWS

Valid properties: PRODUCT | PRODUCT_FAMILY | CLASSIFICATION | MSRC_SEVERITY

See also: AWS API Documentation

describe-patch-properties is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output text and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: Properties

Synopsis

  describe-patch-properties
--operating-system <value>
--property <value>
[--patch-set <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--operating-system (string)

The operating system type for which to list patches.

Possible values:

  • WINDOWS
  • AMAZON_LINUX
  • AMAZON_LINUX_2
  • AMAZON_LINUX_2022
  • UBUNTU
  • REDHAT_ENTERPRISE_LINUX
  • SUSE
  • CENTOS
  • ORACLE_LINUX
  • DEBIAN
  • MACOS
  • RASPBIAN
  • ROCKY_LINUX
  • ALMA_LINUX
  • AMAZON_LINUX_2023

--property (string)

The patch property for which you want to view patch details.

Possible values:

  • PRODUCT
  • PRODUCT_FAMILY
  • CLASSIFICATION
  • MSRC_SEVERITY
  • PRIORITY
  • SEVERITY

--patch-set (string)

Indicates whether to list patches for the Windows operating system or for applications released by Microsoft. Not applicable for the Linux or macOS operating systems.

Possible values:

  • OS
  • APPLICATION

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command's output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To list the Amazon Linux patch availability

The following describe-patch-properties example displays a list of the Amazon Linux products for which patches are available in your AWS account.

aws ssm describe-patch-properties \
    --operating-system AMAZON_LINUX \
    --property PRODUCT

Output:

{
    "Properties": [
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2012.03"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2012.09"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2013.03"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2013.09"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2014.03"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2014.09"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2015.03"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2015.09"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2016.03"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2016.09"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2017.03"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2017.09"
        },
        {
            "Name": "AmazonLinux2018.03"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see About Patch Baselines in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Output

Properties -> (list)

A list of the properties for patches matching the filter request parameters.

(map)

key -> (string)

value -> (string)

NextToken -> (string)

The token for the next set of items to return. (You use this token in the next call.)