AWS SSM put parameter Validation Exception

Question

I am getting error when I execute the below command. But as far as I have googled, I see the syntax is correct.

Command 1:

aws ssm put-parameter --name /Finance/Payroll/elixir3131 --value "P@sSwW)rd" --type SecureString

Command 2:

aws ssm put-parameter --name "/Finance/Payroll/elixir3131" --value "P@sSwW)rd" --type SecureString

for both the commands I get :

An error occurred (ValidationException) when calling the PutParameter operation: Parameter name must be a fully qualified name.

AWS CLI Version : aws-cli/1.14.16 Python/2.7.9 Windows/7 botocore/1.8.20

Answer 1

I have had the same issue using Git-Bash on Windows 10

One way around this 'feature' is to use the --cli-input-json

e.g.

aws ssm put-parameter --cli-input-json '{"name": "/Finance/Payroll/elixir3131", "value": "P@sSwW)rd", "type": "SecureString"}'

There does seem to be some discussion about this feature/issue (and the above solution) here: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/2507

EDIT: This is the correct command:

aws ssm put-parameter --cli-input-json '{\"Name\": \"/Finance/Payroll/elixir3131d\", \"Value\": \"P@sSwW)rd\", \"Type\": \"SecureString\"}'

Answer 2

I tried both of your commands. No problems on Windows 10 x64 Pro.

AWS Systems Manager has changed a lot recently. I would upgrade your version of the AWS CLI and try again. Your version was released on Dec-22-2017. The current version is 1.16.38 (10-19-2018).

aws-cli/1.16.15 Python/3.6.1 Windows/10 botocore/1.12.5

Installing the AWS Command Line Interface

Answer 3

None of the commands in Tim Sibley's answer worked for me, but

aws ssm put-parameter --cli-input-json '{"Name": "/Finance/Payroll/elixir3131", "Value": "P@sSwW)rd", "Type": "SecureString"}'

did.

This command is the same as the first command on that answer but with "name", "value" and "type" capitalized.

Answer 4

I was getting the same error using aws-sdk npm package:

ValidationException: Parameter name must be a fully qualified name.

If the Name parameter contains /, it must also start with a /.

Here is a confirmed working typescript example (assuming AWS_PROFILE and AWS_REGION env variables are set):

#!/usr/bin/env ts-node

import * as AWS from 'aws-sdk'

const secret = {
  Name: "/Finance/Payroll/elixir3131",
  Value: "P@sSwW)rd",
  Type: "SecureString"
}

const ssm = new AWS.SSM()

ssm.putParameter(secret, (err, data) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err, err.stack);
  } else {
    console.log(data);
  }
});

Response should look like this:

{ Version: 1, Tier: 'Standard' }