AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change
Summary
Changed installation instructions from CloudFormation to SELinux setup
Security assessment
The change introduces documentation for configuring the CloudWatch agent with SELinux, a security module. While SELinux enhances security, there's no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability.
Diff
diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Credentials-Preference.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Credentials-Preference.md index f1a2495b7..98c51d6ae 100644 --- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Credentials-Preference.md +++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Credentials-Preference.md @@ -59 +59 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please -Install the CloudWatch agent on new instances using AWS CloudFormation +Set up the CloudWatch agent with security-enhanced Linux (SELinux)