AWS Systems Manager Inventory Explained | Step-by-Step Guide

In this video, we’ll explore AWS Systems Manager Inventory — a powerful feature that helps you automatically collect and manage metadata from EC2 instances ! Chapters 00:00 - Introduction and a Case Study 00:22 - What is AWS Systems Manager Inventory? 01:24 - Hands-on Setup Overview 02:00 - Creating an IAM Role for SSM 03:02 - Launching an EC2 Instance with the SSM Role 04:20 - Verifying the SSM Agent is Running 05:30 - Setting Up Inventory Collection 06:30 - Creating an S3 Bucket for Inventory Logs 08:07 - Understanding Inventory Associations 09:07 - Exploring Inventory Dashboard Widgets 11:35 - Viewing Inventory by Instance 13:25 - Adding a New Instance Without Inventory 13:55 - Introduction and Creating a Resource Data Sync 16:45 - Exploring S3 Inventory Files 17:33 - Cleanup: Deleting the Inventory Setup 19:20 - Summary and Wrap-Up 🎯 Whether you're an AWS beginner or a cloud admin managing at scale, this hands-on video will give you practical knowledge to make inventory management efficient and centralized. 📺 Chapters included for easy navigation! 🔗 Related Videos: 📄 AWS SSM Documents: https://youtu.be/xQwPQuNjKR4 👇 Try it yourself and let me know your questions in the comments!