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Use CreateAssociationBatch with a CLI

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Use CreateAssociationBatch with a CLI - AWS Systems Manager

The following code examples show how to use CreateAssociationBatch.

CLI
AWS CLI

To create multiple associations

This example associates a configuration document with multiple instances. The output returns a list of successful and failed operations, if applicable.

Command:

aws ssm create-association-batch --entries "Name=AWS-UpdateSSMAgent,InstanceId=i-1234567890abcdef0" "Name=AWS-UpdateSSMAgent,InstanceId=i-9876543210abcdef0"

Output:

{ "Successful": [ { "Name": "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "AssociationVersion": "1", "Date": 1550504725.007, "LastUpdateAssociationDate": 1550504725.007, "Status": { "Date": 1550504725.007, "Name": "Associated", "Message": "Associated with AWS-UpdateSSMAgent" }, "Overview": { "Status": "Pending", "DetailedStatus": "Creating" }, "DocumentVersion": "$DEFAULT", "AssociationId": "8dfe3659-4309-493a-8755-0123456789ab", "Targets": [ { "Key": "InstanceIds", "Values": [ "i-1234567890abcdef0" ] } ] }, { "Name": "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent", "InstanceId": "i-9876543210abcdef0", "AssociationVersion": "1", "Date": 1550504725.057, "LastUpdateAssociationDate": 1550504725.057, "Status": { "Date": 1550504725.057, "Name": "Associated", "Message": "Associated with AWS-UpdateSSMAgent" }, "Overview": { "Status": "Pending", "DetailedStatus": "Creating" }, "DocumentVersion": "$DEFAULT", "AssociationId": "9c9f7f20-5154-4fed-a83e-0123456789ab", "Targets": [ { "Key": "InstanceIds", "Values": [ "i-9876543210abcdef0" ] } ] } ], "Failed": [] }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example associates a configuration document with multiple instances. The output returns a list of successful and failed operations, if applicable.

$option1 = @{InstanceId="i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f";Name=@("AWS-UpdateSSMAgent")} $option2 = @{InstanceId="i-0000293ffd8c57862";Name=@("AWS-UpdateSSMAgent")} New-SSMAssociationFromBatch -Entry $option1,$option2

Output:

Failed Successful ------ ---------- {} {Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.FailedCreateAssociation, Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.FailedCreateAsso...

Example 2: This example will show the full details of a successful operation.

$option1 = @{InstanceId="i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f";Name=@("AWS-UpdateSSMAgent")} $option2 = @{InstanceId="i-0000293ffd8c57862";Name=@("AWS-UpdateSSMAgent")} (New-SSMAssociationFromBatch -Entry $option1,$option2).Successful
AWS CLI

To create multiple associations

This example associates a configuration document with multiple instances. The output returns a list of successful and failed operations, if applicable.

Command:

aws ssm create-association-batch --entries "Name=AWS-UpdateSSMAgent,InstanceId=i-1234567890abcdef0" "Name=AWS-UpdateSSMAgent,InstanceId=i-9876543210abcdef0"

Output:

{ "Successful": [ { "Name": "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "AssociationVersion": "1", "Date": 1550504725.007, "LastUpdateAssociationDate": 1550504725.007, "Status": { "Date": 1550504725.007, "Name": "Associated", "Message": "Associated with AWS-UpdateSSMAgent" }, "Overview": { "Status": "Pending", "DetailedStatus": "Creating" }, "DocumentVersion": "$DEFAULT", "AssociationId": "8dfe3659-4309-493a-8755-0123456789ab", "Targets": [ { "Key": "InstanceIds", "Values": [ "i-1234567890abcdef0" ] } ] }, { "Name": "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent", "InstanceId": "i-9876543210abcdef0", "AssociationVersion": "1", "Date": 1550504725.057, "LastUpdateAssociationDate": 1550504725.057, "Status": { "Date": 1550504725.057, "Name": "Associated", "Message": "Associated with AWS-UpdateSSMAgent" }, "Overview": { "Status": "Pending", "DetailedStatus": "Creating" }, "DocumentVersion": "$DEFAULT", "AssociationId": "9c9f7f20-5154-4fed-a83e-0123456789ab", "Targets": [ { "Key": "InstanceIds", "Values": [ "i-9876543210abcdef0" ] } ] } ], "Failed": [] }

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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