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Use GetInventory with a CLI

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Use GetInventory with a CLI - AWS Systems Manager

The following code examples show how to use GetInventory.

CLI
AWS CLI

To view your inventory

This example gets the custom metadata for your inventory.

Command:

aws ssm get-inventory

Output:

{ "Entities": [ { "Data": { "AWS:InstanceInformation": { "Content": [ { "ComputerName": "ip-172-31-44-222.us-west-2.compute.internal", "InstanceId": "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f", "IpAddress": "172.31.44.222", "AgentType": "amazon-ssm-agent", "ResourceType": "EC2Instance", "AgentVersion": "2.0.672.0", "PlatformVersion": "2016.09", "PlatformName": "Amazon Linux AMI", "PlatformType": "Linux" } ], "TypeName": "AWS:InstanceInformation", "SchemaVersion": "1.0", "CaptureTime": "2017-02-20T18:03:58Z" } }, "Id": "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f" } ] }
  • For API details, see GetInventory in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example gets the custom metadata for your inventory.

Get-SSMInventory

Output:

Data Id ---- -- {[AWS:InstanceInformation, Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InventoryResultItem]} i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f
  • For API details, see GetInventory in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

AWS CLI

To view your inventory

This example gets the custom metadata for your inventory.

Command:

aws ssm get-inventory

Output:

{ "Entities": [ { "Data": { "AWS:InstanceInformation": { "Content": [ { "ComputerName": "ip-172-31-44-222.us-west-2.compute.internal", "InstanceId": "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f", "IpAddress": "172.31.44.222", "AgentType": "amazon-ssm-agent", "ResourceType": "EC2Instance", "AgentVersion": "2.0.672.0", "PlatformVersion": "2016.09", "PlatformName": "Amazon Linux AMI", "PlatformType": "Linux" } ], "TypeName": "AWS:InstanceInformation", "SchemaVersion": "1.0", "CaptureTime": "2017-02-20T18:03:58Z" } }, "Id": "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f" } ] }
  • For API details, see GetInventory in AWS CLI Command Reference.

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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