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# Manage core devices with AWS Systems Manager

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## Install the Systems Manager Agent

* **Note**If the core device already runs the Systems Manager Agent registered with a hybrid activation, change `SSMOverrideExistingRegistration` to `true`. This parameter specifies whether the Systems Manager Agent component registers the core device when the Systems Manager Agent is already running on the device with a hybrid activation.\
  You can also specify tags (`SSMResourceTags`) to add to the Systems Manager managed node that the Systems Manager Agent component creates for the core device. For more information, see [Systems Manager Agent component configuration](https://github.com/kevinslin/aws-reference-notes/blob/main/services/aws_iot_greengrass/systems-manager-agent-component.md#systems-manager-agent-component-configuration).
* **Note**If the core device already runs the Systems Manager Agent registered with a hybrid activation, change `SSMOverrideExistingRegistration` to `true`. This parameter specifies whether the Systems Manager Agent component registers the core device when the Systems Manager Agent is already running on the device with a hybrid activation.\
  You can also specify tags (`SSMResourceTags`) to add to the Systems Manager managed node that the Systems Manager Agent component creates for the core device. For more information, see [Systems Manager Agent component configuration](https://github.com/kevinslin/aws-reference-notes/blob/main/services/aws_iot_greengrass/systems-manager-agent-component.md#systems-manager-agent-component-configuration).