SSM / Client / describe_sessions

describe_sessions

SSM.Client.describe_sessions(**kwargs)

Retrieves a list of all active sessions (both connected and disconnected) or terminated sessions from the past 30 days.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.describe_sessions(
    State='Active'|'History',
    MaxResults=123,
    NextToken='string',
    Filters=[
        {
            'key': 'InvokedAfter'|'InvokedBefore'|'Target'|'Owner'|'Status'|'SessionId',
            'value': 'string'
        },
    ]
)

Parameters:

• State (string) –

  [REQUIRED]

  The session status to retrieve a list of sessions for. For example, “Active”.

• MaxResults (integer) – The maximum number of items to return for this call. The call also returns a token that you can specify in a subsequent call to get the next set of results.

• NextToken (string) – The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

• Filters (list) –

  One or more filters to limit the type of sessions returned by the request.

  • (dict) –

    Describes a filter for Session Manager information.

    • key (string) – [REQUIRED]

      The name of the filter.

    • value (string) – [REQUIRED]

      The filter value. Valid values for each filter key are as follows:

      • InvokedAfter: Specify a timestamp to limit your results. For example, specify 2024-08-29T00:00:00Z to see sessions that started August 29, 2024, and later.

      • InvokedBefore: Specify a timestamp to limit your results. For example, specify 2024-08-29T00:00:00Z to see sessions that started before August 29, 2024.

      • Target: Specify a managed node to which session connections have been made.

      • Owner: Specify an Amazon Web Services user to see a list of sessions started by that user.

      • Status: Specify a valid session status to see a list of all sessions with that status. Status values you can specify include:

        • Connected

        • Connecting

        • Disconnected

        • Terminated

        • Terminating

        • Failed

      • SessionId: Specify a session ID to return details about the session.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Sessions': [
        {
            'SessionId': 'string',
            'Target': 'string',
            'Status': 'Connected'|'Connecting'|'Disconnected'|'Terminated'|'Terminating'|'Failed',
            'StartDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'EndDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'DocumentName': 'string',
            'Owner': 'string',
            'Reason': 'string',
            'Details': 'string',
            'OutputUrl': {
                'S3OutputUrl': 'string',
                'CloudWatchOutputUrl': 'string'
            },
            'MaxSessionDuration': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  • Sessions (list) –

    A list of sessions meeting the request parameters.

    • (dict) –

      Information about a Session Manager connection to a managed node.

      • SessionId (string) –

        The ID of the session.

      • Target (string) –

        The managed node that the Session Manager session connected to.

      • Status (string) –

        The status of the session. For example, “Connected” or “Terminated”.

      • StartDate (datetime) –

        The date and time, in ISO-8601 Extended format, when the session began.

      • EndDate (datetime) –

        The date and time, in ISO-8601 Extended format, when the session was terminated.

      • DocumentName (string) –

        The name of the Session Manager SSM document used to define the parameters and plugin settings for the session. For example, SSM-SessionManagerRunShell.

      • Owner (string) –

        The ID of the Amazon Web Services user that started the session.

      • Reason (string) –

        The reason for connecting to the instance.

      • Details (string) –

        Reserved for future use.

      • OutputUrl (dict) –

        Reserved for future use.

        • S3OutputUrl (string) –

          Reserved for future use.

        • CloudWatchOutputUrl (string) –

          Reserved for future use.

      • MaxSessionDuration (string) –

        The maximum duration of a session before it terminates.

  • NextToken (string) –

    The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

Exceptions

• SSM.Client.exceptions.InternalServerError

• SSM.Client.exceptions.InvalidFilterKey

• SSM.Client.exceptions.InvalidNextToken