On the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, AWS Managed Services (AMS) uses AMS workload ingest (WIGS) to move existing workloads into an AMS managed VPC. This pattern describes a solution to automate common pre-workload ingestion activities, such as upgrading .NET and Windows PowerShell and running Windows WIGS pre-ingestion validation maintained by AMS. The pattern also provides a unified user interface for the run results. It packages an AWS Systems Manager Command document, which performs the pre-ingestion activities, into an AWS CloudFormation template. The template can be deployed repeatedly without requiring access to Systems Manager itself or conflicting with automations from AMS.
