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CloudShell - error when running "aws ssm start-session --target cfxtxc6pmq18"

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Hi re:Post, I'm trying to CloudShell connect to one of our RDS servers: db-demo.cfxtxc6pmq18.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com using this command:
aws ssm start-session --target cfxtxc6pmq18

I've been reading "https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ec2-linux-connection-options". But am receiving error (screenshot), "Error when retrieving credentials from container-role: Error retrieving metadata: Received non 200 response 500 from container metadata." And it displays some HTML coding...

Please advise. Thank you for your help! Best Regards, DonaldEnter image description here

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DC
asked 8 months ago431 views
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Hello,

To use session manager for port forwarding to a remote host, you can follow this documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-working-with-sessions-start.html#sessions-remote-port-forwarding

AWS Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/use-port-forwarding-in-aws-systems-manager-session-manager-to-connect-to-remote-hosts/

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Sivaraman Selvam
answered 8 months ago
  • DC
    8 months ago

    Thank you for your quick reply and help Sivaraman! I am not looking to port forward to a remote host and my question is incorrect as ultimately I'm trying run "df -h" on the linux host. I will research this some more. Thanks again! Best Regards, Donald

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