Amazon GameLift Streams adds secure terminal access for troubleshooting
Amazon GameLift Streams now offers Stream Session Admin Shell, a secure terminal connection for real-time troubleshooting of live stream sessions. This feature allows inspection of logs, processes, and application state without managing SSH keys or credentials, providing access equivalent to the application's environment. It's available at no extra cost in all GameLift Streams regions and supports Linux, Proton, and Windows Server runtimes.
- →Stream Session Admin Shell provides secure terminal access
- →Secure connection via SSM Session Manager
- →Inspect logs, processes, and application state
- →Runtime and region support
Features (2) ›
- Stream Session Admin Shell provides secure terminal access
Stream Session Admin Shell enables secure, real-time terminal connections to the runtime environment of a GameLift stream session for troubleshooting. This feature eliminates the need for managing SSH keys, open ports, or infrastructure credentials.
- Secure connection via SSM Session Manager
To connect, use the new CreateStreamSessionAdminShell API with stream group and session identifiers, then utilize the returned credentials with the AWS CLI's SSM Session Manager plugin. The connection is scoped to the application environment and automatically closes when the stream session ends.
Enhancements (1) ›
- Inspect logs, processes, and application state
Users can inspect logs, query running processes, check GPU utilization, and examine application state through the terminal connection, which offers the same access level as the GameLift Streams applications.
Notes (1) ›
- Runtime and region support
The feature supports Linux (Ubuntu 22.04), Proton, and Windows Server 2022 runtimes. Stream Session Admin Shell is available at no additional cost in all AWS Regions where Amazon GameLift Streams is offered.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-gamelift-streams-terminal-access/