---
id: "aws-ssm-session-manager"
type: "component"
kind: "bastion-host"
provider: "aws"
category: "security"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.html"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-ssm-session-manager"
---

# AWS Systems Manager Session Manager

Browser and CLI shell access to managed nodes over TLS with no inbound ports, bastion or public IP.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [aws](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=aws) |
| Kind | [Bastion host](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/bastion-host) |
| Category | Security |
| Official docs | [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.html) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `inboundPortsRequired` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `justInTimeAccess` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `mfaRequired` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `portForwarding` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `protocols` | enum | `ssh`, `rdp`, `both` | no | — | **"both"** |
| `publicIp` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |
| `sessionEncryption` | enum | `tls-1-2`, `tls-1-2-plus-kms` | no | "tls-1-2" | inherited |
| `sessionLogDestination` | enum | `none`, `s3`, `cloudwatch-logs` | no | "none" | inherited |
| `sessionRecording` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

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- [Generic bastion host](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/bastion-host.md) `bastion-host` — default
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- [Teleport](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/teleport.md) `teleport` — default
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- [Bastion](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-bastion.md) `oci-bastion` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "aws-ssm-session-manager", component: "aws-ssm-session-manager" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Systems Manager Session Manager: fully managed shell and port-forwarding access to managed nodes. Per
# "AWS Systems Manager Session Manager" it needs no inbound ports, no bastion host and no public IP,
# traffic is TLS 1.2, and logging session data to S3 or CloudWatch Logs is something you choose to enable.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "aws-ssm-session-manager"
kind: "bastion-host"
provider: "aws"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager.html"
defaults:
  protocols: "both"
  sessionRecording: false
  publicIp: false
  managed: true
properties:
  inboundPortsRequired:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  portForwarding:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  sessionEncryption:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["tls-1-2", "tls-1-2-plus-kms"]
    default: "tls-1-2"
  sessionLogDestination:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["none", "s3", "cloudwatch-logs"]
    default: "none"
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-ssm-session-manager