Overview#

Steps#

Here are the simple steps how to do it :

• You want to connect to the AWS EC2 using AWS CLI Session Manager

aws ssm start-session \
    --profile <your-profile-access> \
    --region <your-aws-region> \
    --target <your-ec2-instance-id>

• You want to port forwarding inside the AWS EC2 using AWS CLI Session Manager

aws ssm start-session \
    --profile <your-profile-acccess> \
    --region <your-aws-region> \
    --target <your-ec2-instance-id> \
    --document-name AWS-StartPortForwardingSessionToRemoteHost \
    --parameters portNumber="<your-aws-port>",localPortNumber="<your-local-port>"

• You want to port forwarding inside the AWS EC2 to AWS RDS using AWS CLI Session Manager

aws ssm start-session \
    --profile <your-profile-acccess> \
    --region <your-aws-region> \
    --target <your-ec2-instance-id> \
    --document-name AWS-StartPortForwardingSessionToRemoteHost \
    --parameters host="<your-rds-endpoint>",portNumber="<your-aws-port>",localPortNumber="<your-local-port>"

For more information, refer to the documentation below :)

Reference#

• Installing or updating to the latest version of the AWS CLI
• How to Install and Configure AWS CLI on Linux
• How To Use and Install AWS CLI On Windows (The Perfect Way!)
• How to Install & Configure AWS CLI command line tool
• Install the Session Manager plugin for the AWS CLI