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AWS guardduty documentation change

Service: guardduty · 2025-04-11 · Documentation low

File: guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md

Summary

Updated agent version from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 in installation paths and fixed a typo in download instructions

Security assessment

Version update reflects routine maintenance without explicit mention of security fixes. Typo correction improves clarity but doesn't introduce security content

Diff

diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md b/guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
index b2e97fbc6..58421ee16 100644
--- a//guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
+++ b//guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
@@ -77 +77 @@ With this method, you can install the GuardDuty security agent by running RPM sc
-  * Use Debian scripts to install the security agent on OS distributions Ubuntu or Debian. For information about supported Ubuntu and Debian OS distributions, see [Validating architectural requirements](./prereq-runtime-monitoring-ec2-support.html#validating-architecture-req-ec2).
+  * Use Debian scripts to install the security agent on OS distributions Ubuntu or Debian. For information about supported Ubuntu and Debian OS distributions, see [Validate architectural requirements](./prereq-runtime-monitoring-ec2-support.html#validating-architecture-req-ec2).
@@ -97 +97 @@ Prepare the commands with appropriate public key, signature of x86_64 RPM, signa
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem
@@ -104 +104 @@ Signature of x86_64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig
@@ -109 +109 @@ Signature of arm64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.sig
@@ -116 +116 @@ Access link for x86_64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
@@ -121 +121 @@ Access link for arm64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.rpm
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.rpm
@@ -160,3 +160,3 @@ In the following command to download appropriate public key, signature of x86_64
-                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
+                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
@@ -181 +181 @@ Use the following command to verify the signature
-                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
+                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
@@ -210 +210 @@ Now, try the verification process again.
-        sudo rpm -ivh amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
+        sudo rpm -ivh amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
@@ -232 +232 @@ In the following templates, replace the value of the AWS Region, AWS account ID,
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem
@@ -239 +239 @@ Signature of amd64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig
@@ -244 +244 @@ Signature of arm64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.sig
@@ -251 +251 @@ Access link for amd64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb
@@ -256 +256 @@ Access link for arm64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.deb
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.deb
@@ -290 +290 @@ AWS Region | Region name | AWS account ID
-    2. ###### Download the download appropriate public key, signature of amd64, signature of arm64, and the corresponding access link to the Debian scripts hosted in Amazon S3 buckets
+    2. ###### Download the appropriate public key, signature of amd64, signature of arm64, and the corresponding access link to the Debian scripts hosted in Amazon S3 buckets
@@ -294,3 +294,3 @@ In the following commands, replace the account ID with the appropriate AWS accou
-                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
+                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
@@ -311 +311 @@ gpg shows import successfully
-                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb
+                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb
@@ -342 +342 @@ Now, retry the verification process.
-        sudo dpkg -i amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb
+        sudo dpkg -i amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb