How to execute commands on AWS Instance using Boto3

Question

Can anyone tell me if we can execute Shell Commands using Boto3 on Launched AWS instance.

I read at few places about \"boto.manage.cmdshell\" but it is deprecated in

Answer 1

ssm_client = boto3.client('ssm')
response = ssm_client.send_command(
            InstanceIds=['i-03#####'],
            DocumentName="AWS-RunShellScript",
            Parameters={'commands': ['start ecs']}, )

command_id = response['Command']['CommandId']
output = ssm_client.get_command_invocation(
      CommandId=command_id,
      InstanceId='i-03######',
    )
print(output)