AWS parallelcluster medium security documentation change
Summary
Added Ubuntu 24.04 support and updated SSH key requirements for Ubuntu versions
Security assessment
Explicitly states that Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 require ed25519 keys instead of insecure RSA keys by default, which addresses cryptographic security requirements
Diff
diff --git a/parallelcluster/latest/ug/operating-systems-v3.md b/parallelcluster/latest/ug/operating-systems-v3.md index 9605284b9..b48d9d9ee 100644 --- a//parallelcluster/latest/ug/operating-systems-v3.md +++ b//parallelcluster/latest/ug/operating-systems-v3.md @@ -9 +9 @@ Operating system considerations -AWS ParallelCluster supports Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 2004, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8), Rocky 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL9), and Rocky 9. AWS ParallelCluster offers pre-built AMIs for select operating systems, for more details on AMIs provided by AWS ParallelCluster refer to [Image section](./Image-v3.html). +AWS ParallelCluster supports Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL8), Rocky 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL9), and Rocky 9. AWS ParallelCluster offers pre-built AMIs for select operating systems, for more details on AMIs provided by AWS ParallelCluster refer to [Image section](./Image-v3.html). @@ -13 +13 @@ AWS ParallelCluster supports Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu 22.04, Ub -**Ubuntu 22.04** +**Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 24.04** @@ -15 +15 @@ AWS ParallelCluster supports Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu 22.04, Ub -Ubuntu 2204 requires more secure keys for ssh and does not support RSA keys by default. Please generate an ed25519 key and use that for cluster creation. +Ubuntu 22.04 & Ubuntu 24.04 require more secure keys for ssh and do not support RSA keys by default. Please generate an ed25519 key and use that for cluster creation. @@ -17 +17 @@ Ubuntu 2204 requires more secure keys for ssh and does not support RSA keys by d -Ubuntu 2204 cannot be updated to the latest kernel because there is no Fsx client for that kernel. +Ubuntu 22.04 cannot be updated to the latest kernel because there is no FSx client for that kernel.