Posted On: Jun 19, 2023
Today, AWS Systems Manager announces auto-update support for the Amazon EC2 Windows, Linux, and Mac launch agents in Quick Setup. With this launch, customers can enable automatic upgrades with a few clicks in the console in order to get the latest bug fixes, security patches, and feature updates for their EC2 launch agents across accounts and Regions in their Organization.
Customers can keep their EC2 launch agent up-to date across their EC2 fleet by selecting the new option “Update the EC2 launch agent once every 30 days” in Host Management Quick Setup. This way the EC2 launch agent that is already installed in their Windows, MacOS, or Linux EC2 instances will be upgraded whenever there is a new minor version available. Additionally, customers who want to install and periodically update the latest EC2Launch v2 launch agent in their Windows EC2 instances can do so by selecting this package in Distributor Quick Setup.
To get started, choose Quick Setup from the Systems Manager left navigation menu and select Host Management or Distributor in the Library.
For more information about the EC2 Windows launch agents (EC2Config, EC2Launch v1, and EC2Launch v2), see Configure your Windows instance. For more information about the Linux launch agent (cloud-init), see cloud-init documentation. For more information about the EC2 Mac launch agent (EC2 macOS Init), see EC2 macOS Init documentation.