Creating Parameter Store parameters in Systems Manager

A parameter is any piece of data stored in Parameter Store, such as a block of text, a list of names, an AMI ID, a license key, and so on. You can centrally and securely reference this data in your scripts, commands, and SSM documents.

Parameter Store provides support for the following parameter types:

For more information about the preceding types, see Understanding parameter types.

In the following sections, you learn how to create Parameter Store parameters using the AWS Management Console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell (Tools for Windows PowerShell).