Use ListInventoryEntries with a CLI

Example 1: To view specific inventory type entries for an instance

This following list-inventory-entries example lists the inventory entries for the AWS:Application inventory type on a specific instance.

aws ssm list-inventory-entries \
    --instance-id "i-1234567890abcdef0" \
    --type-name "AWS:Application"

Output:

{
  "TypeName": "AWS:Application",
  "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
  "SchemaVersion": "1.1",
  "CaptureTime": "2019-02-15T12:17:55Z",
  "Entries": [
    {
      "Architecture": "i386",
      "Name": "Amazon SSM Agent",
      "PackageId": "{88a60be2-89a1-4df8-812a-80863c2a2b68}",
      "Publisher": "Amazon Web Services",
      "Version": "2.3.274.0"
    },
    {
      "Architecture": "x86_64",
      "InstalledTime": "2018-05-03T13:42:34Z",
      "Name": "AmazonCloudWatchAgent",
      "Publisher": "",
      "Version": "1.200442.0"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: To view custom inventory entries assigned to an instance

The following list-inventory-entries example lists a custom inventory entry assigned to an instance.

aws ssm list-inventory-entries \
    --instance-id "i-1234567890abcdef0" \
    --type-name "Custom:RackInfo"

Output:

{
  "TypeName": "Custom:RackInfo",
  "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
  "SchemaVersion": "1.0",
  "CaptureTime": "2021-05-22T10:01:01Z",
  "Entries": [
    {
      "RackLocation": "Bay B/Row C/Rack D/Shelf E"
    }
  ]
}

Example 1: This example lists all the custom inventory entries for an instance.

Get-SSMInventoryEntriesList -InstanceId "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f" -TypeName "Custom:RackInfo"

Output:

CaptureTime   : 2016-08-22T10:01:01Z
Entries       : {Amazon.Runtime.Internal.Util.AlwaysSendDictionary`2[System.String,System.String]}
InstanceId    : i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f
NextToken     :
SchemaVersion : 1.0
TypeName      : Custom:RackInfo

Example 2: This example lists the details.

(Get-SSMInventoryEntriesList -InstanceId "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f" -TypeName "Custom:RackInfo").Entries

Output:

Key          Value
---          -----
RackLocation Bay B/Row C/Rack D/Shelf E