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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

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

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/download-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance-SSM-first.md

Summary

Added SELinux setup reference

Security assessment

Added a link to SELinux documentation as part of agent setup, improving security guidance without evidence of vulnerability remediation.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/download-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance-SSM-first.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/download-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance-SSM-first.md
index 2014eb1ab..f8fcabaf5 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/download-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance-SSM-first.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/download-CloudWatch-Agent-on-EC2-Instance-SSM-first.md
@@ -179,0 +180,2 @@ Follow these steps to start the agent using Systems Manager Run Command.
+For information about setting up the agent on a system that has security-enhanced Linux (SELinux) enabled, see [Set up the CloudWatch agent with security-enhanced Linux (SELinux)](./CloudWatch-Agent-SELinux.html).
+