AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 914

A company has a fleet of EC2 instances, and needs to remotely execute scripts for all of the instances.
Which Amazon EC2 Systems Manager feature allows this?

Answer options

• A. System Manager Automation
• B. System Manager Run Command
• C. System Manager Parameter Store
• D. System Manager Inventory

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Systems Manager Run Command allows users to securely and remotely manage the configuration of their EC2 instances by executing scripts or commands without needing to log in. Systems Manager Automation is designed for automating common IT tasks like AMI creation, Parameter Store is used for secure configuration data management, and Inventory collects metadata about the managed instances.