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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2025-04-18 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/custom-security.cred-rotation.md

Summary

Updated credential rotation documentation with new secret naming formats and examples

Security assessment

Improves instructions for credential rotation procedures and secret identification, but no evidence of patching a security issue. Strengthens security documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/custom-security.cred-rotation.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/custom-security.cred-rotation.md
index 22a12bb75..6e734260a 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/custom-security.cred-rotation.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/custom-security.cred-rotation.md
@@ -73 +73 @@ If your database is in any of the preceding categories, you must rotate your use
-  5. In the search box, enter your DB Resource ID and find the secret in the following form:
+  5. In the search box, enter the resource ID of your database and search for a secret using either of the following naming conventions:
@@ -75 +75,2 @@ If your database is in any of the preceding categories, you must rotate your use
-        do-not-delete-rds-custom-db-resource-id-numeric-string
+        do-not-delete-rds-custom-resource_id-uuid
+    rds-custom!oracle-do-not-delete-resource_id-uuid
@@ -77 +78 @@ If your database is in any of the preceding categories, you must rotate your use
-This secret stores the password for `RDSADMIN`, `SYS`, and `SYSTEM`. The following sample key is for the DB instance with the DB resource ID `db-ABCDEFG12HIJKLNMNOPQRS3TUVWX`:
+This secret stores the password for `RDSADMIN`, `SYS`, and `SYSTEM`. The following sample keys are for the DB instance with the resource ID `db-ABCDEFG12HIJKLNMNOPQRS3TUVWX` and UUID `123456`:
@@ -79,0 +81 @@ This secret stores the password for `RDSADMIN`, `SYS`, and `SYSTEM`. The followi
+    rds-custom!oracle-do-not-delete-db-ABCDEFG12HIJKLNMNOPQRS3TUVWX-123456
@@ -83 +85 @@ This secret stores the password for `RDSADMIN`, `SYS`, and `SYSTEM`. The followi
-If your DB instance is a read replica and uses the `custom-oracle-ee-cdb` engine, two secrets exist with the suffix ``db-resource-id`-`numeric-string``, one for the master user and the other for `RDSADMIN`, `SYS`, and `SYSTEM`. To find the correct secret, run the following command on the host:
+If your DB instance is a read replica and uses the `custom-oracle-ee-cdb` engine, two secrets exist with the suffix ``db-resource_id`-`uuid``, one for the master user and the other for `RDSADMIN`, `SYS`, and `SYSTEM`. To find the correct secret, run the following command on the host:
@@ -89 +91 @@ The `dbMonitoringUserPassword` attribute indicates the secret for `RDSADMIN`, `S
-  6. If your DB instance exists in an Oracle Data Guard configuration, find the secret in the following form:
+  6. If your DB instance exists in an Oracle Data Guard configuration, search for a secret using either of the following naming conventions:
@@ -91 +93,2 @@ The `dbMonitoringUserPassword` attribute indicates the secret for `RDSADMIN`, `S
-        do-not-delete-rds-custom-db-resource-id-numeric-string-dg
+        do-not-delete-rds-custom-resource_id-uuid-dg
+    rds-custom!oracle-do-not-delete-resource_id-uuid-dg
@@ -93 +96 @@ The `dbMonitoringUserPassword` attribute indicates the secret for `RDSADMIN`, `S
-This secret stores the password for `RDS_DATAGUARD`. The following sample key is for the DB instance with the DB resource ID `db-ABCDEFG12HIJKLNMNOPQRS3TUVWX`:
+This secret stores the password for `RDS_DATAGUARD`. The following sample keys are for the DB instance with the DB resource ID `db-ABCDEFG12HIJKLNMNOPQRS3TUVWX` and UUID **789012** :
@@ -95,0 +99 @@ This secret stores the password for `RDS_DATAGUARD`. The following sample key is
+    rds-custom!oracle-do-not-delete-db-ABCDEFG12HIJKLNMNOPQRS3TUVWX-789012-dg