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

The following code examples show how to use GetInventorySchema.

CLI
AWS CLI

Example 1: To view your inventory schema

The following get-inventory-schema example returns a list of inventory type names for the account.

aws ssm get-inventory-schema

Output:

{
    "Schemas": [
        {
            "TypeName": "AWS:AWSComponent",
            "Version": "1.0",
            "Attributes": [
                {
                    "Name": "Name",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "ApplicationType",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "Publisher",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "Version",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "InstalledTime",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "Architecture",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "URL",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                }
            ]
    }
    ],
    "NextToken": "--token string truncated--"
}

For more information, see Metadata collected by Inventory in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Example 2: To view the inventory schema for a specific inventory type

The following get-inventory-schema example returns the inventory schema for the AWS:AWSComponent inventory type.

aws ssm get-inventory-schema \
    --type-name "AWS:AWSComponent"

Output:

{
    "Schemas": [
        {
            "TypeName": "AWS:AWSComponent",
            "Version": "1.0",
            "Attributes": [
                {
                    "Name": "Name",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "ApplicationType",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "Publisher",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "Version",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "InstalledTime",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "Architecture",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                },
                {
                    "Name": "URL",
                    "DataType": "STRING"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Metadata collected by Inventory in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example returns a list of inventory type names for the account.

Get-SSMInventorySchema

  • For API details, see GetInventorySchema in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example returns a list of inventory type names for the account.

Get-SSMInventorySchema

  • For API details, see GetInventorySchema in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).

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