AWS Systems Manager

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Connect AWS Systems Manager to PostHog to sync your data into the PostHog data warehouse for analysis and modeling.

Sync fleet inventory, compliance summaries, associations, and patch baselines from one AWS region.

Grant these IAM permissions for the tables you select: ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation, ssm:GetInventory, ssm:ListResourceComplianceSummaries, ssm:ListAssociations, and ssm:DescribePatchBaselines.

Enter an access key ID and secret access key. Include a session token for temporary credentials. All tables use full refresh. Create a separate source for each region.

Configuration

Option	Description
`AWS access key ID` Type: text Required: True
`AWS secret access key` Type: password Required: True
`AWS region` Type: text Required: True
`AWS session token` Type: password Required: False	Temporary credentials expire. Update them before the next scheduled sync.

Linking AWS Systems Manager to PostHog

Go to the Data pipeline page in PostHog
Click New source and select AWS Systems Manager
Fill in the required configuration fields
Click Next, select the tables you want to sync, and then press Import

Supported tables

Table	Description	Sync method	Incremental field	Primary key
`managed_instances`	Managed nodes with agent, platform, and connection details. Stopped and terminated nodes are excluded.	Full refresh	—	—
`inventory`	Collected AWS:InstanceInformation inventory, including stopped and terminated nodes.	Full refresh	—	—
`resource_compliance_summaries`	Compliance status and severity counts for each resource and compliance type.	Full refresh	—	—
`associations`	State Manager associations with schedules, targets, and execution status.	Full refresh	—	—
`patch_baselines`	Patch baseline identities, operating systems, and default baseline flags.	Full refresh	—	—