Still Using Ssh On Aws? Check Out Session Manager Instead! May 2026

Every single command Sarah typed was being logged to CloudWatch and S3. If something went wrong, Alex wouldn't have to guess what happened—he could replay the entire session.

Whenever a new developer joined the team, Alex had to manually add their public key to dozens of EC2 instances. When someone left, he had to scrub those keys like a digital crime scene. He constantly worried about port 22 being open to the world, and his audit logs were basically a series of shrug emojis. Still using SSH on AWS? Check out Session Manager instead!

Port 22 was closed. The instance didn't even need a public IP address; it just needed the SSM Agent and an outbound connection. Every single command Sarah typed was being logged

One Tuesday, while Alex was elbow-deep in a messy authorized_keys file, his teammate Sarah leaned over. "Still using SSH? You should check out ." Alex was skeptical. "Does it involve more keys?" "Zero keys," Sarah said. When someone left, he had to scrub those