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title: "Discussion on \"AWS: Don’t SSH into Your Public Bastion — Use SSM Session Manager Instead\" | Hashnode"
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# [AWS: Don’t SSH into Your Public Bastion — Use SSM Session Manager Instead](https://pradeepab.hashnode.dev/aws-dont-ssh-into-your-public-bastion-use-ssm-session-manager-instead?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Using a Public EC2 Bastion to access your VPC resources through SSH from your local computer? There’s a better, more secure way and that is by leveraging Systems Manager (SSM) Session Manager. What is a Bastion? Imagine you have a database running in...

Feb 26, 2025 · 4 min read · pradeepab.hashnode.dev  
Updated Mar 1, 2025  
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