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describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group

Description

Retrieves the high-level patch state for the managed nodes in the specified patch group.

See also: AWS API Documentation

describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group is a paginated operation. Multiple API calls may be issued in order to retrieve the entire data set of results. You can disable pagination by providing the --no-paginate argument. When using --output text and the --query argument on a paginated response, the --query argument must extract data from the results of the following query expressions: InstancePatchStates

Synopsis

  describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group
--patch-group <value>
[--filters <value>]
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--patch-group (string)

The name of the patch group for which the patch state information should be retrieved.

--filters (list)

Each entry in the array is a structure containing:

  • Key (string between 1 and 200 characters)
  • Values (array containing a single string)
  • Type (string "Equal", "NotEqual", "LessThan", "GreaterThan")

(structure)

Defines a filter used in DescribeInstancePatchStatesForPatchGroup to scope down the information returned by the API.

Example : To filter for all managed nodes in a patch group having more than three patches with a FailedCount status, use the following for the filter:
  • Value for Key : FailedCount
  • Value for Type : GreaterThan
  • Value for Values : 3

Key -> (string)

The key for the filter. Supported values include the following:

  • InstalledCount
  • InstalledOtherCount
  • InstalledPendingRebootCount
  • InstalledRejectedCount
  • MissingCount
  • FailedCount
  • UnreportedNotApplicableCount
  • NotApplicableCount

Values -> (list)

The value for the filter. Must be an integer greater than or equal to 0.

(string)

Type -> (string)

The type of comparison that should be performed for the value.

Shorthand Syntax:

Key=string,Values=string,string,Type=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Key": "string",
    "Values": ["string", ...],
    "Type": "Equal"|"NotEqual"|"LessThan"|"GreaterThan"
  }
  ...
]

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command's output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command's output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command's output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

Example 1: To get the instance states for a patch group

The following describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group example retrieves details about the patch summary states per-instance for the specified patch group.

aws ssm describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group \
    --patch-group "Production"

Output:

{
    "InstancePatchStates": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-02573cafcfEXAMPLE",
            "PatchGroup": "Production",
            "BaselineId": "pb-0c10e65780EXAMPLE",
            "SnapshotId": "a3f5ff34-9bc4-4d2c-a665-4d1c1EXAMPLE",
            "OwnerInformation": "",
            "InstalledCount": 32,
            "InstalledOtherCount": 1,
            "InstalledPendingRebootCount": 0,
            "InstalledRejectedCount": 0,
            "MissingCount": 2,
            "FailedCount": 0,
            "UnreportedNotApplicableCount": 2671,
            "NotApplicableCount": 400,
            "OperationStartTime": "2021-08-04T11:03:50.590000-07:00",
            "OperationEndTime": "2021-08-04T11:04:21.555000-07:00",
            "Operation": "Scan",
            "RebootOption": "NoReboot",
            "CriticalNonCompliantCount": 0,
            "SecurityNonCompliantCount": 1,
            "OtherNonCompliantCount": 0
        },
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-0471e04240EXAMPLE",
            "PatchGroup": "Production",
            "BaselineId": "pb-09ca3fb51fEXAMPLE",
            "SnapshotId": "05d8ffb0-1bbe-4812-ba2d-d9b7bEXAMPLE",
            "OwnerInformation": "",
            "InstalledCount": 32,
            "InstalledOtherCount": 1,
            "InstalledPendingRebootCount": 0,
            "InstalledRejectedCount": 0,
            "MissingCount": 2,
            "FailedCount": 0,
            "UnreportedNotApplicableCount": 2671,
            "NotApplicableCount": 400,
            "OperationStartTime": "2021-08-04T22:06:20.340000-07:00",
            "OperationEndTime": "2021-08-04T22:07:11.220000-07:00",
            "Operation": "Scan",
            "RebootOption": "NoReboot",
            "CriticalNonCompliantCount": 0,
            "SecurityNonCompliantCount": 1,
            "OtherNonCompliantCount": 0
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: To get the instance states for a patch group with more than five missing patches

The following describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group example retrieves details about the patch summary states for the specified patch group for instances with more than five missing patches.

aws ssm describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group \
    --filters Key=MissingCount,Type=GreaterThan,Values=5 \
    --patch-group "Production"

Output:

{
    "InstancePatchStates": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-02573cafcfEXAMPLE",
            "PatchGroup": "Production",
            "BaselineId": "pb-0c10e65780EXAMPLE",
            "SnapshotId": "a3f5ff34-9bc4-4d2c-a665-4d1c1EXAMPLE",
            "OwnerInformation": "",
            "InstalledCount": 46,
            "InstalledOtherCount": 4,
            "InstalledPendingRebootCount": 1,
            "InstalledRejectedCount": 1,
            "MissingCount": 7,
            "FailedCount": 0,
            "UnreportedNotApplicableCount": 232,
            "NotApplicableCount": 654,
            "OperationStartTime": "2021-08-04T11:03:50.590000-07:00",
            "OperationEndTime": "2021-08-04T11:04:21.555000-07:00",
            "Operation": "Scan",
            "RebootOption": "NoReboot",
            "CriticalNonCompliantCount": 0,
            "SecurityNonCompliantCount": 1,
            "OtherNonCompliantCount": 1
        }
    ]
}

Example 3: To get the instance states for a patch group with fewer than ten instances that require a reboot

The following describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group example retrieves details about the patch summary states for the specified patch group for instances with fewer than ten instances requiring a reboot.

aws ssm describe-instance-patch-states-for-patch-group \
    --filters Key=InstalledPendingRebootCount,Type=LessThan,Values=10 \
    --patch-group "Production"

Output:

{
    "InstancePatchStates": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-02573cafcfEXAMPLE",
            "BaselineId": "pb-0c10e65780EXAMPLE",
            "SnapshotId": "a3f5ff34-9bc4-4d2c-a665-4d1c1EXAMPLE",
            "PatchGroup": "Production",
            "OwnerInformation": "",
            "InstalledCount": 32,
            "InstalledOtherCount": 1,
            "InstalledPendingRebootCount": 4,
            "InstalledRejectedCount": 0,
            "MissingCount": 2,
            "FailedCount": 0,
            "UnreportedNotApplicableCount": 846,
            "NotApplicableCount": 212,
            "OperationStartTime": "2021-08-046T11:03:50.590000-07:00",
            "OperationEndTime": "2021-08-06T11:04:21.555000-07:00",
            "Operation": "Scan",
            "RebootOption": "NoReboot",
            "CriticalNonCompliantCount": 0,
            "SecurityNonCompliantCount": 1,
            "OtherNonCompliantCount": 0
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Understanding patch compliance state values in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Output

InstancePatchStates -> (list)

The high-level patch state for the requested managed nodes.

(structure)

Defines the high-level patch compliance state for a managed node, providing information about the number of installed, missing, not applicable, and failed patches along with metadata about the operation when this information was gathered for the managed node.

InstanceId -> (string)

The ID of the managed node the high-level patch compliance information was collected for.

PatchGroup -> (string)

The name of the patch group the managed node belongs to.

BaselineId -> (string)

The ID of the patch baseline used to patch the managed node.

SnapshotId -> (string)

The ID of the patch baseline snapshot used during the patching operation when this compliance data was collected.

InstallOverrideList -> (string)

An https URL or an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) path-style URL to a list of patches to be installed. This patch installation list, which you maintain in an S3 bucket in YAML format and specify in the SSM document AWS-RunPatchBaseline , overrides the patches specified by the default patch baseline.

For more information about the InstallOverrideList parameter, see SSM Command document for patching: ``AWS-RunPatchBaseline` https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/patch-manager-about-aws-runpatchbaseline.html`__ in the Amazon Web Services Systems Manager User Guide .

OwnerInformation -> (string)

Placeholder information. This field will always be empty in the current release of the service.

InstalledCount -> (integer)

The number of patches from the patch baseline that are installed on the managed node.

InstalledOtherCount -> (integer)

The number of patches not specified in the patch baseline that are installed on the managed node.

InstalledPendingRebootCount -> (integer)

The number of patches installed by Patch Manager since the last time the managed node was rebooted.

InstalledRejectedCount -> (integer)

The number of patches installed on a managed node that are specified in a RejectedPatches list. Patches with a status of InstalledRejected were typically installed before they were added to a RejectedPatches list.

Note

If ALLOW_AS_DEPENDENCY is the specified option for RejectedPatchesAction , the value of InstalledRejectedCount will always be 0 (zero).

MissingCount -> (integer)

The number of patches from the patch baseline that are applicable for the managed node but aren't currently installed.

FailedCount -> (integer)

The number of patches from the patch baseline that were attempted to be installed during the last patching operation, but failed to install.

UnreportedNotApplicableCount -> (integer)

The number of patches beyond the supported limit of NotApplicableCount that aren't reported by name to Inventory. Inventory is a capability of Amazon Web Services Systems Manager.

NotApplicableCount -> (integer)

The number of patches from the patch baseline that aren't applicable for the managed node and therefore aren't installed on the node. This number may be truncated if the list of patch names is very large. The number of patches beyond this limit are reported in UnreportedNotApplicableCount .

OperationStartTime -> (timestamp)

The time the most recent patching operation was started on the managed node.

OperationEndTime -> (timestamp)

The time the most recent patching operation completed on the managed node.

Operation -> (string)

The type of patching operation that was performed: or

  • SCAN assesses the patch compliance state.
  • INSTALL installs missing patches.

LastNoRebootInstallOperationTime -> (timestamp)

The time of the last attempt to patch the managed node with NoReboot specified as the reboot option.

RebootOption -> (string)

Indicates the reboot option specified in the patch baseline.

Note

Reboot options apply to Install operations only. Reboots aren't attempted for Patch Manager Scan operations.
  • RebootIfNeeded : Patch Manager tries to reboot the managed node if it installed any patches, or if any patches are detected with a status of InstalledPendingReboot .
  • NoReboot : Patch Manager attempts to install missing packages without trying to reboot the system. Patches installed with this option are assigned a status of InstalledPendingReboot . These patches might not be in effect until a reboot is performed.

CriticalNonCompliantCount -> (integer)

The number of patches per node that are specified as Critical for compliance reporting in the patch baseline aren't installed. These patches might be missing, have failed installation, were rejected, or were installed but awaiting a required managed node reboot. The status of these managed nodes is NON_COMPLIANT .

SecurityNonCompliantCount -> (integer)

The number of patches per node that are specified as Security in a patch advisory aren't installed. These patches might be missing, have failed installation, were rejected, or were installed but awaiting a required managed node reboot. The status of these managed nodes is NON_COMPLIANT .

OtherNonCompliantCount -> (integer)

The number of patches per node that are specified as other than Critical or Security but aren't compliant with the patch baseline. The status of these managed nodes is NON_COMPLIANT .

NextToken -> (string)

The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no additional items to return, the string is empty.