Is it possible to update a parameter in AWS SSM parameter store from an SSM Command?

Question

As per a requirement, we want to store a parameter in SSM parameter store, and one should be able to update the parameter value through an SSM command.

From the initial research it is understood that we can run the SSM commands on Target EC2 instances. However not able to find a way to run the command with target as Parameter store. Please help.

Answer 1

To read values to or from ssm parameter store you can use the aws cli. For that to work you need to set it up:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/de_de/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html

You will need to create an aws access key and an aws secret key, if you not already have that.

After you have configured your aws cli like that:

$ aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
Default region name [None]: eu-central-1
Default output format [None]: json

You should be able to execute this command to check if it works:

$ aws sts get-caller-identity

To store a value in ssm this command will work:

$ aws ssm put-parameter --name "test123" --type "String" --value "MyValue"
{
  "Version": 1,
  "Tier": "Standard"
}

To read that parameter from ssm use this:

$ aws ssm get-parameter --name "test123" --query Parameter.Value
"MyValue"