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+FROM debian:jessie
+
+MAINTAINER Ric Lister <rlister@gmail.com>
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    apt-get install -yq \
+    curl
+
+ENV AGENT_URL https://amazon-ssm-us-east-1.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/debian_amd64/amazon-ssm-agent.deb
+
+RUN curl ${AGENT_URL} -o amazon-ssm-agent.deb && \
+    dpkg -i amazon-ssm-agent.deb && \
+    rm -f amazon-ssm-agent.deb
+
+WORKDIR /opt/amazon/ssm/
+CMD ["./amazon-ssm-agent"]
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+# amazon-ssm-agent
+
+This is a simple installation on debian of the
+[AWS EC2 Run Command agent](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/execute-remote-commands.html).
+
+Running this container on an ec2 instance with correct IAM permissions
+will allow the running of commands _inside the container_.
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