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AWS gamelift documentation change

Service: gamelift · 2025-03-10 · Documentation low

File: gamelift/latest/fleetiqguide/gsg-iam-permissions-roles-gamelift.md

Summary

Updated product name references to 'Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ' in role creation documentation and verification steps

Security assessment

Documentation maintains existing IAM role setup procedures with updated terminology, no new security features or vulnerability fixes introduced

Diff

diff --git a/gamelift/latest/fleetiqguide/gsg-iam-permissions-roles-gamelift.md
index 73a79d352..03e12b428 100644
--- a/gamelift/latest/fleetiqguide/gsg-iam-permissions-roles-gamelift.md
+++ b/gamelift/latest/fleetiqguide/gsg-iam-permissions-roles-gamelift.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-# Create a role for Amazon GameLift FleetIQ
+# Create a role for Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ
@@ -7 +7 @@
-This role allows Amazon GameLift FleetIQ to access and modify your Amazon EC2 instances, Auto Scaling groups, and lifecycle hooks as part of its Spot balancing and automatic scaling activities.
+This role allows Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ to access and modify your Amazon EC2 instances, Auto Scaling groups, and lifecycle hooks as part of its Spot balancing and automatic scaling activities.
@@ -9 +9 @@ This role allows Amazon GameLift FleetIQ to access and modify your Amazon EC2 in
-Use the IAM console or the AWS CLI to create a role for Amazon GameLift FleetIQ and attach a managed policy with the necessary permissions. For more information on IAM roles and managed policies, see [Creating a Role for an AWS Service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.html#roles-creatingrole-service-console) and [AWS Managed Policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).
+Use the IAM console or the AWS CLI to create a role for Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ and attach a managed policy with the necessary permissions. For more information on IAM roles and managed policies, see [Creating a Role for an AWS Service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_for-service.html#roles-creatingrole-service-console) and [AWS Managed Policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).
@@ -14 +14 @@ Console
-These steps describe how to create a service role with a managed policy for Amazon GameLift using the AWS Management Console. 
+These steps describe how to create a service role with a managed policy for Amazon GameLift Servers using the AWS Management Console. 
@@ -20 +20 @@ These steps describe how to create a service role with a managed policy for Amaz
-  3. For **Choose a use case** , choose **GameLift** from the list of services. Under **Select your use case** , the appropriate Amazon GameLift use case is automatically selected. To continue, choose **Next: Permissions**.
+  3. For **Choose a use case** , choose **GameLift** from the list of services. Under **Select your use case** , the appropriate Amazon GameLift Servers use case is automatically selected. To continue, choose **Next: Permissions**.
@@ -52 +52 @@ To save your change, choose **Update Trust Policy**.
-The role is now ready. Take note of the role's ARN value, which is displayed at the top of the role's summary page. You will need this information when setting up Amazon GameLift FleetIQ game server groups. 
+The role is now ready. Take note of the role's ARN value, which is displayed at the top of the role's summary page. You will need this information when setting up Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ game server groups. 
@@ -57 +57 @@ AWS CLI
-These steps describe how to create a service role with a managed policy for Amazon GameLift using the AWS CLI. 
+These steps describe how to create a service role with a managed policy for Amazon GameLift Servers using the AWS CLI. 
@@ -87 +87 @@ Linux:
-When the request is successful, the response includes the properties of the newly created role. Take note of the ARN value. You will need this information when setting up Amazon GameLift FleetIQ game server groups.
+When the request is successful, the response includes the properties of the newly created role. Take note of the ARN value. You will need this information when setting up Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ game server groups.
@@ -98 +98 @@ To verify that the permissions policy is attached, call [iam list-attached-role-
-The role is now ready. You can verify that the IAM role is configured correctly by calling [gamelift create-game-server-group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/gamelift/create-game-server-group.html) with the `role-arn` property set to the new role's ARN value. When the `GameServerGroup` enters ACTIVE state, this indicates that Amazon GameLift FleetIQ is able to modify Amazon EC2 and Auto Scaling resources in your account, as expected.
+The role is now ready. You can verify that the IAM role is configured correctly by calling [gamelift create-game-server-group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/gamelift/create-game-server-group.html) with the `role-arn` property set to the new role's ARN value. When the `GameServerGroup` enters ACTIVE state, this indicates that Amazon GameLift Servers FleetIQ is able to modify Amazon EC2 and Auto Scaling resources in your account, as expected.