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AWS drs documentation change

Service: drs · 2025-05-01 · Documentation medium

File: drs/latest/userguide/credentials.md

Summary

Updated temporary credentials documentation wording and added guidance about using instance profiles for IAM role permissions

Security assessment

The addition of instance profile guidance promotes secure credential management practices by recommending proper IAM role configuration for EC2 instances. This qualifies as security documentation improvement but does not address a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/drs/latest/userguide/credentials.md b/drs/latest/userguide/credentials.md
index b998c2d95..5dc1ed012 100644
--- a//drs/latest/userguide/credentials.md
+++ b//drs/latest/userguide/credentials.md
@@ -24 +24,5 @@ To create temporary credentials, take the following steps:
-[Learn more about how temporary credentials operate.](./Agent-Related-FAQ.html#temporary-credentials-operation)
+[Learn more about how temporary credentials work.](./Agent-Related-FAQ.html#temporary-credentials-operation)
+
+###### Note
+
+You can also create the default IAM role with the required permissions as an instance profile, as described in [Instance profile role installation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/drs/latest/userguide/adding-servers-from-aws-instances.html#Instance-Profile-Role-Installation ).