Use GetConnectionStatus with a CLI - AWS Systems Manager
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Use GetConnectionStatus with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use GetConnectionStatus.

CLI
AWS CLI

To display the connection status of a managed instance

This get-connection-status example returns the connection status of the specified managed instance.

aws ssm get-connection-status \
    --target i-1234567890abcdef0

Output:

{
    "Target": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
    "Status": "connected"
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example retrieves the Session Manager connection status for an instance to determine whether it is connected and ready to receive Session Manager connections. 

Get-SSMConnectionStatus -Target i-0a1caf234f12d3dc4

Output:

Status    Target
------    ------
Connected i-0a1caf234f12d3dc4
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example retrieves the Session Manager connection status for an instance to determine whether it is connected and ready to receive Session Manager connections. 

Get-SSMConnectionStatus -Target i-0a1caf234f12d3dc4

Output:

Status    Target
------    ------
Connected i-0a1caf234f12d3dc4

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