• The AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Running commands on managed nodes
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This section includes information about how to send commands from the AWS Systems Manager console to managed nodes. This section also includes information about how to cancel a command.

Note that if your node is configured with the `noexec` mount option for the var directory, Run Command is unable to successfuly run commands.

**Important**  
When you send a command using Run Command, don't include sensitive information formatted as plaintext, such as passwords, configuration data, or other secrets. All Systems Manager API activity in your account is logged in an S3 bucket for AWS CloudTrail logs. This means that any user with access to S3 bucket can view the plaintext values of those secrets. For this reason, we recommend creating and using `SecureString` parameters to encrypt sensitive data you use in your Systems Manager operations.  
For more information, see [Restricting access to Parameter Store parameters using IAM policies](sysman-paramstore-access.md).

**Execution history retention**  
The history of each command is available for up to 30 days. In addition, you can store a copy of all log files in Amazon Simple Storage Service or have an audit trail of all API calls in AWS CloudTrail.

**Related information**  
For information about sending commands using other tools, see the following topics: 
+ [Walkthrough: Use the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell with Run Command](walkthrough-powershell.md) or the examples in the [AWS Systems Manager section of the AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/AWS_Systems_Manager_cmdlets.html).
+ [Walkthrough: Use the AWS CLI with Run Command](walkthrough-cli.md) or the examples in the [SSM CLI Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ssm/)

**Topics**
+ [Running commands from the console](running-commands-console.md)
+ [Running commands using a specific document version](run-command-version.md)
+ [Run commands at scale](send-commands-multiple.md)
+ [Canceling a command](cancel-run-command.md)