You can end a session that you started in your account using the AWS Systems Manager console or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). When you choose the Terminate button for a session in the console or call the TerminateSession API action by using the AWS CLI, Session Manager permanently ends the session and closes the data connection between the Session Manager client and SSM Agent on the managed node. You can't resume a terminated session.
If there is no user activity in an open session for 20 minutes, the idle state
triggers a timeout. Session Manager doesn't call TerminateSession, but it does
close the underlying channel. You can't resume a session closed because of idle
timeout.
We recommend always explicitly terminating a session by using the
terminate-session command, when using the AWS CLI, or the
Terminate button when using the console.
(Terminate buttons are located on both the session window
and main Session Manager console page.) If you only close a browser or command window, the
session remains listed as Active in the console for 30 days.
When you don't explicitly terminate a session, or when a session times out, any
processes that were running on the managed node at the time will continue to
run.
Ending a session (console)
You can use the AWS Systems Manager console to end a session in your account.
To end a session (console)
Open the AWS Systems Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/
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In the navigation pane, choose Session Manager.
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For Sessions, choose the option button to the left of the session you want to end.
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Choose Terminate.
Ending a session (AWS CLI)
To end a session using the AWS CLI, run the following command. Replace
session-id with your own information.
aws ssm terminate-session \
--session-id session-idFor more information about the terminate-session command, see terminate-session in the AWS Systems Manager section of the AWS CLI Command Reference.
