Patching Azure VMs from AWS Systems Manager using Hybrid Activation Each cloud platform provides its own native tools, which can lead to fragmented processes and increased administrative overhead. To address this challenge, AWS Systems Manager (SSM) offers a powerful solution through its Hybrid Activation feature. This capability allows non-AWS machines, such as Azure Virtual Machines […]
Introduction EC2 Image Builder is an AWS service that automates creating, updating, and deploying your Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). EC2 Image Builder creates a pipeline for Linux or Windows Server images for use with Amazon EC2. The pipeline manages all stages, including image creation, maintenance, validation, sharing, and deployment. Image Builder is free to use, […]
Introduction HashiCorp Packer is one of the most popular open-source machine image builders. It helps engineers define infrastructure as code, installing software and layering security updates into AWS Machine Images, or AMIs. Packer is focused on image building. It has no capabilities around testing, scheduling, AWS notifications, or distribution. On the other hand, AWS EC2 […]
Introduction AWS System Manager (SSM) is a secure, end-to-end process to be used for managing servers on AWS, on-premises, and on any other cloud platform. We can manage our servers from one central point using the SSM. Prerequisites: You must have an AWS account with the Required IAM permissions: SSM (Systems Manager), EC2, and IAM […]
