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Hands-on lab: AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

Hands-on lab: AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Hands-on lab: AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

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- [Instructor] In this video, we'll give a brief overview of Parameter Store and its uses. Parameter Store is a capability of AWS Systems Manager. In addition, we'll do a hands-on lab covering the two types of SecureString, Standard and Advanced. We'll quickly demonstrate the process of auditing and logging Parameter Store activity via CloudTrail and show how to restrict access using IAM policies. Without further ado, let's get started. So what is Parameter Store? Parameter Store provides secure hierarchical storage for configuration, data management, and secrets management. It can store data such as passwords, database strings, AMI IDs, and license codes as parameter values. In addition, Parameter Store can store values as plaintext or encrypted data. It can even reference Systems Manager parameters in your scripts, commands, SSM documents, and configuration and automation workflows by using the unique name that you…

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