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AWS dms documentation change

Service: dms · 2025-05-22 · Documentation low

File: dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Endpoints.Creating.md

Summary

Updated configuration labels, added ARN naming option, and included IAM authentication documentation for RDS endpoints

Security assessment

The addition of IAM authentication documentation introduces a security feature for RDS database authentication, enhancing security by allowing centralized access management. However, there's no indication of addressing a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Endpoints.Creating.md b/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Endpoints.Creating.md
index 5015dbd04..07dc7d4ea 100644
--- a//dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Endpoints.Creating.md
+++ b//dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Endpoints.Creating.md
@@ -15 +15 @@ The following procedure assumes that you have chosen the AWS DMS console wizard.
-For this option  |  Do this   
+Configuration options  | Configuration settings   
@@ -18 +18 @@ For this option  |  Do this
-**Select RDS DB Instance** |  Choose this option if the endpoint is an Amazon RDS DB instance.   
+**Select RDS DB Instance** |  Choose this option if the endpoint is an Amazon RDS database instance.   
@@ -19,0 +20 @@ For this option  |  Do this
+**Descriptive Amazon Resource Name (ARN) -_optional_** | Provide a name to override the default DMS ARN. This setting is optional.  
@@ -23,0 +25 @@ For this option  |  Do this
+     * [IAM authentication](./CHAP_Endpoints.Creating.IAMRDS.html) – IAM as the authentication type instead of username and password for your Amazon RDS database instance.  
@@ -51 +53 @@ Amazon Redshift, as a target only | `, ;`
-For this option  |  Do this   
+Configuration options | Configuration settings   
@@ -68 +70 @@ Endpoints
-Sources for data migration
+Using IAM authentication for Amazon RDS endpoint in AWS DMS