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Use GetInventorySchema with a CLI

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Use GetInventorySchema with a CLI - AWS Systems Manager

The following code examples show how to use GetInventorySchema.

CLI
AWS CLI

To view your inventory schema

This example returns a list of inventory type names for the account.

Command:

aws ssm get-inventory-schema

Output:

{ "Schemas": [ { "TypeName": "AWS:AWSComponent", "Version": "1.0", "Attributes": [ { "Name": "Name", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "ApplicationType", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "Publisher", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "Version", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "InstalledTime", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "Architecture", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "URL", "DataType": "STRING" } ] }, ... ], "NextToken": "--token string truncated--" }

To view the inventory schema for a specific inventory type

This example return the inventory schema for a the AWS:AWSComponent inventory type.

Command:

aws ssm get-inventory-schema --type-name "AWS:AWSComponent"
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example returns a list of inventory type names for the account.

Get-SSMInventorySchema
AWS CLI

To view your inventory schema

This example returns a list of inventory type names for the account.

Command:

aws ssm get-inventory-schema

Output:

{ "Schemas": [ { "TypeName": "AWS:AWSComponent", "Version": "1.0", "Attributes": [ { "Name": "Name", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "ApplicationType", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "Publisher", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "Version", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "InstalledTime", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "Architecture", "DataType": "STRING" }, { "Name": "URL", "DataType": "STRING" } ] }, ... ], "NextToken": "--token string truncated--" }

To view the inventory schema for a specific inventory type

This example return the inventory schema for a the AWS:AWSComponent inventory type.

Command:

aws ssm get-inventory-schema --type-name "AWS:AWSComponent"

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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