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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate Exam Prep

SSM Parameter Store

Explore AWS SSM Parameter Store to store, manage, and retrieve configuration data and secrets securely. Understand how to use encryption, versioning, access policies, and integration with AWS services. Gain practical knowledge on centralizing secrets management and parameter version control for AWS infrastructure and automation.

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SSM Parameter Store

SSM Parameter Store allows us to store and retrieve configuration data as key-value pairs. It’s serverless, scalable, secure storage that can be used for sensitive data such as passwords and encryption keys.

Points to note:

  • We can encrypt data in the SSM Parameter Store using KMS.
  • SSM Parameter Store provides versioning, allowing us to roll back to a previous version of data.
  • We can set access policies on parameters to control who can view, modify, or delete them.
  • All changes made to parameters can be audited using AWS CloudTrail.
  • SSM Parameter Store can be integrated with other AWS services such as Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, and CloudFormation.
  • SSM Parameter Store doesn’t rotate data values automatically. We can use SSM Automation to rotate Parameter Store values.
  • It’s a great service for sharing secrets across accounts and AWS Regions.
  • We can organize our parameters in a hierarchical structure, making it
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