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AWS transfer documentation change

Service: transfer · 2025-04-23 · Documentation medium

File: transfer/latest/userguide/sftp-connector-secret-procedure.md

Summary

Updated title and content to emphasize Secrets Manager integration for credential storage, with modified section headers and documentation links

Security assessment

The changes highlight secure credential management through AWS Secrets Manager, promoting security best practices. While this documents security features, there's no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/transfer/latest/userguide/sftp-connector-secret-procedure.md b/transfer/latest/userguide/sftp-connector-secret-procedure.md
index 1422edbb6..91254194e 100644
--- a//transfer/latest/userguide/sftp-connector-secret-procedure.md
+++ b//transfer/latest/userguide/sftp-connector-secret-procedure.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-# Store a secret for use with an SFTP connector
+# Store authentication credentials for SFTP connectors in Secrets Manager 
@@ -7 +7 @@
-You can use Secrets Manager to store user credentials for your SFTP connectors. When you create your secret, you must provide a username. Additionally, you can provide either a password, a private key, or both. For details, see [Quotas for SFTP connectors](./creating-connectors.html#limits-sftp-connector).
+You can use Secrets Manager to store user credentials for your SFTP connectors. When you create your secret, you must provide a username. Additionally, you can provide either a password, a private key, or both. For details, see [Quotas for SFTP connectors](./scale-and-limits-sftp-connector.html#limits-sftp-connector).
@@ -64 +64 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Configure SFTP connectors
+Creating SFTP connectors
@@ -66 +66 @@ Configure SFTP connectors
-Test an SFTP connector
+Create an SFTP connector