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AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store overview

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AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store overview

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- [Lecturer] Parameter Store is a part of the application management tools offered by the AWS Systems Manager Service or SSM. Parameter Store allows you to create key volume parameters where you can store your application configurations, custom environment variables, product keys and credentials on a single location. Unlike Secrets Manager, the Parameter Store is designed to cater to a wider range of use cases, not only for passwords or database credentials. If you want to store parameters that don't require encryption, such as AMI IDs, security group IDs, or URLs, then Parameter Store is the better tool for the job. In the Parameter Store, there is a concept of a parameter hierarchy. A parameter hierarchy is nothing but the way of organizing parameters in the same way that you organize your files on your computer. So for example, under your user folder, you might have different folders that store different files. You…

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