Use GetAutomationExecution with a CLI

To display details about an automation execution

The following get-automation-execution example displays detailed information about an Automation execution.

aws ssm get-automation-execution \
    --automation-execution-id 73c8eef8-f4ee-4a05-820c-e354fEXAMPLE

Output:

{
    "AutomationExecution": {
        "AutomationExecutionId": "73c8eef8-f4ee-4a05-820c-e354fEXAMPLE",
        "DocumentName": "AWS-StartEC2Instance",
        "DocumentVersion": "1",
        "ExecutionStartTime": 1583737233.748,
        "ExecutionEndTime": 1583737234.719,
        "AutomationExecutionStatus": "Success",
        "StepExecutions": [
            {
                "StepName": "startInstances",
                "Action": "aws:changeInstanceState",
                "ExecutionStartTime": 1583737234.134,
                "ExecutionEndTime": 1583737234.672,
                "StepStatus": "Success",
                "Inputs": {
                    "DesiredState": "\"running\"",
                    "InstanceIds": "[\"i-0cb99161f6EXAMPLE\"]"
                },
                "Outputs": {
                    "InstanceStates": [
                        "running"
                    ]
                },
                "StepExecutionId": "95e70479-cf20-4d80-8018-7e4e2EXAMPLE",
                "OverriddenParameters": {}
            }
        ],
        "StepExecutionsTruncated": false,
        "Parameters": {
            "AutomationAssumeRole": [
                ""
            ],
            "InstanceId": [
                "i-0cb99161f6EXAMPLE"
            ]
        },
        "Outputs": {},
        "Mode": "Auto",
        "ExecutedBy": "arn:aws:sts::29884EXAMPLE:assumed-role/mw_service_role/OrchestrationService",
        "Targets": [],
        "ResolvedTargets": {
            "ParameterValues": [],
            "Truncated": false
        }
    }
}

For more information, see Walkthrough: Patch a Linux AMI (AWS CLI) in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Example 1: This example displays the details of an Automation Execution.

Get-SSMAutomationExecution -AutomationExecutionId "4105a4fc-f944-11e6-9d32-8fb2db27a909"

Output:

AutomationExecutionId     : 4105a4fc-f944-11e6-9d32-8fb2db27a909
AutomationExecutionStatus : Failed
DocumentName              : AWS-UpdateLinuxAmi
DocumentVersion           : 1
ExecutionEndTime          : 2/22/2017 9:17:08 PM
ExecutionStartTime        : 2/22/2017 9:17:02 PM
FailureMessage            : Step launchInstance failed maximum allowed times. You are not authorized to perform this operation. Encoded
                            authorization failure message: B_V2QyyN7NhSZQYpmVzpEc4oSnj2GLTNYnXUHsTbqJkNMoDgubmbtthLmZyaiUYekORIrA42-fv1x-04q5Fjff6glh
                            Yb6TI5b0GQeeNrpwNvpDzmO-PSR1swlAbg9fdM9BcNjyrznspUkWpuKu9EC1Ou6v3OXU1KC9nZ7mPlWMFZNkSioQqpwWEvMw-GZktsQzm67qOhUhBNOLWYhbS
                            pkfiqzY-5nw3S0obx30fhd3EJa5O_-GjV_a0nFXQJa70ik40bFOrEh3MtCSbrQT6--DvFy_FQ8TKvkIXadyVskeJI84XOF5WmA60f1pi5GI08i-nRfZS6oDeU
                            gELBjjoFKD8s3L2aI0B6umWVxnQOjqhQRxwJ53b54sZJ2PW3v_mtg9-q0CK0ezS3xfh_y0ilaUGOAZG-xjQFuvU_JZedWpla3xi-MZsmblAifBI
                            (Service: AmazonEC2; Status Code: 403; Error Code: UnauthorizedOperation; Request ID:
                            6a002f94-ba37-43fd-99e6-39517715fce5)
Outputs                   : {[createImage.ImageId, Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util.AlwaysSendList`1[System.String]]}
Parameters                : {[AutomationAssumeRole, Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util.AlwaysSendList`1[System.String]], [InstanceIamRole,
                            Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util.AlwaysSendList`1[System.String]], [SourceAmiId,
                            Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util.AlwaysSendList`1[System.String]]}
StepExecutions            : {launchInstance, updateOSSoftware, stopInstance, createImage...}

Example 2: This example lists step details for the given automation execution id

Get-SSMAutomationExecution -AutomationExecutionId e1d2bad3-4567-8901-ae23-456c7c8901be | Select-Object -ExpandProperty StepExecutions | Select-Object StepName, Action, StepStatus, ValidNextSteps

Output:

StepName                  Action                  StepStatus ValidNextSteps
--------                  ------                  ---------- --------------
LaunchInstance            aws:runInstances        Success    {OSCompatibilityCheck}
OSCompatibilityCheck      aws:runCommand          Success    {RunPreUpdateScript}
RunPreUpdateScript        aws:runCommand          Success    {UpdateEC2Config}
UpdateEC2Config           aws:runCommand          Cancelled  {}
UpdateSSMAgent            aws:runCommand          Pending    {}
UpdateAWSPVDriver         aws:runCommand          Pending    {}
UpdateAWSEnaNetworkDriver aws:runCommand          Pending    {}
UpdateAWSNVMe             aws:runCommand          Pending    {}
InstallWindowsUpdates     aws:runCommand          Pending    {}
RunPostUpdateScript       aws:runCommand          Pending    {}
RunSysprepGeneralize      aws:runCommand          Pending    {}
StopInstance              aws:changeInstanceState Pending    {}
CreateImage               aws:createImage         Pending    {}
TerminateInstance         aws:changeInstanceState Pending    {}