Parameter Store: Overwrite argument ignored?

Question

Hello,

I am running the `put-parameter` as follows
```
aws ssm put-parameter --no-overwrite --region $REGION --cli-input-json $INPUT
```
with input looking like this:
```
{
  "Name": "/key",
  "Value": "whatever",
  "Type": "String",
  "Overwrite": false
}
```
This results in
```
An error occurred (ParameterAlreadyExists) when calling the PutParameter operation: The parameter already exists. To overwrite this value, set the overwrite option in the request to true.
```

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Any idea?

Answer

Use the `--overwrite` switch which will create a new version of the parameter..
Remove Overwrite from the json too

TBH its a bit contradicting.

`The new version number of a parameter. If you edit a parameter value, Parameter Store automatically creates a new version and assigns this new version a unique ID. You can reference a parameter version ID in API operations or in Systems Manager documents (SSM documents)`

Parameter Store: Overwrite argument ignored?

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