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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2025-04-16 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Agent-Credentials-Preference.md

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)