AWS systems-manager documentation change
Summary
Updated release notes with policy changes and feature configuration options
Security assessment
Documents new security-related features like SSM Agent auto-updates configuration, but doesn't indicate these changes address specific vulnerabilities. Enhances security transparency.
Diff
diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md index 78c0374ec..23190df56 100644 --- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md +++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md @@ -13 +13,3 @@ Change| Description| Date -Updated managed policy for Quick Setup: AWSSystemsManagerJustInTimeNodeAccessRolePropagationPolicy| Systems Manager has updated the managed policy `AWSSystemsManagerJustInTimeNodeAccessRolePropagationPolicy` to provide permissions to tag a resource shared by for just-in-time node access. For information, see [Systems Manager updates to AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-updates).| April 29, 2025 +Updated managed policy for Quick Setup: AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy| Systems Manager has updated the managed policy `AWSQuickSetupSSMDeploymentRolePolicy` to provide permissions to tag IAM roles and Lambda resources created for the unified console. For information, see [Systems Manager updates to AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-updates).| May 7, 2025 +Feature configuration options for the unified console| Systems Manager now provides feature configuration options when setting up the unified console. These feature configurations allow you to choose whether to set up Default Host Management Configuration (DHMC), inventory metadata collection, and automatic SSM Agent updates. For more information, see [Setting up Systems Manager unified console for an organization](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-setting-up-organizations) and [Setting up Systems Manager unified console for a single account and Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-setting-up-single-account-region).| May 7, 2025 +Updated managed policy for Quick Setup: AWSSystemsManagerJustInTimeNodeAccessRolePropagationPolicy| Systems Manager has updated the managed policy `AWSSystemsManagerJustInTimeNodeAccessRolePropagationPolicy` to provide permissions to tag a resource shared by AWS Resource Access Manager for just-in-time node access. For information, see [Systems Manager updates to AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-updates).| April 29, 2025