Well, we have covered a lot of new features and services in this chapter, however, there are still a few things that I would recommend you try out on your own. First up is the Parameter Store!
The Parameter Store is yet another managed service provided by Systems Manager and is designed to store your instance's configuration data such as passwords, database strings, license codes, and so on, securely. You have the added option of storing the data either as plain text, or even in encrypted form, and later reference it in your automation documents or policy documents as variables rather than complete plain text. But that's not even the best part of it! Using Parameter Store, you can also reference your data across other ...
