AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change
Summary
Updated documentation links, branding (changed 'AWS CloudFormation' to 'CloudFormation'), and added PDF reference link. Modified section headers and resource reference URLs to point to TemplateReference instead of UserGuide paths.
Security assessment
Changes are primarily documentation improvements and URL updates without addressing specific security vulnerabilities. While the content mentions security groups and IAM roles (security-related components), these are standard configuration elements rather than new security documentation or vulnerability fixes.
Diff
diff --git a/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/quickref-ec2-launch-templates.md b/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/quickref-ec2-launch-templates.md index 2469b06da..14535321b 100644 --- a//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/quickref-ec2-launch-templates.md +++ b//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/quickref-ec2-launch-templates.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +[](/pdfs/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-ug.pdf#quickref-ec2-launch-templates "Open PDF") + @@ -5 +7 @@ Create a launch template that specifies security groups, tags, user data, and an -# Create launch templates with AWS CloudFormation +# Create launch templates with CloudFormation @@ -7 +9 @@ Create a launch template that specifies security groups, tags, user data, and an -This section provides an example for creating an Amazon EC2 launch template using AWS CloudFormation. Launch templates allow you to create templates for configuring and provisioning Amazon EC2 instances within AWS. With launch templates, you can store launch parameters so that you do not have to specify them every time you launch an instance. For more examples, see the [Examples](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate.html#aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate--examples) section in the `AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate` resource. +This section provides an example for creating an Amazon EC2 launch template using CloudFormation. Launch templates allow you to create templates for configuring and provisioning Amazon EC2 instances within AWS. With launch templates, you can store launch parameters so that you do not have to specify them every time you launch an instance. For more examples, see the [Examples](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate.html#aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate--examples) section in the `AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate` resource. @@ -9 +11 @@ This section provides an example for creating an Amazon EC2 launch template usin -For more information about launch templates, see [Launch an instance from a launch template](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-templates.html). +For more information about launch templates, see [Store instance launch parameters in Amazon EC2 launch templates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-templates.html) in the _Amazon EC2 User Guide_. @@ -11 +13 @@ For more information about launch templates, see [Launch an instance from a laun -For information about creating launch templates for use with Auto Scaling groups, see [Launch templates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/launch-templates.html) in the _Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide_. +For information about creating launch templates for use with Auto Scaling groups, see [Auto Scaling launch templates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/launch-templates.html) in the _Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide_. @@ -22 +24 @@ For information about creating launch templates for use with Auto Scaling groups -This snippet shows an [AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate.html) resource that contains the configuration information to launch an instance. You specify values for the `ImageId`, `InstanceType`, `SecurityGroups`, `UserData`, and `TagSpecifications` properties. The `SecurityGroups` property specifies an existing EC2 security group and a new security group. The `Ref` function gets the ID of the [AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-ec2-securitygroup.html) resource `myNewEC2SecurityGroup` that's declared elsewhere in the stack template. +This snippet shows an [AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-ec2-launchtemplate.html) resource that contains the configuration information to launch an instance. You specify values for the `ImageId`, `InstanceType`, `SecurityGroups`, `UserData`, and `TagSpecifications` properties. The `SecurityGroups` property specifies an existing EC2 security group and a new security group. The `Ref` function gets the ID of the [AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-ec2-securitygroup.html) resource `myNewEC2SecurityGroup` that's declared elsewhere in the stack template. @@ -26 +28 @@ The launch template includes a section for custom user data. You can pass in con -The launch template also includes an IAM role that allows applications running on instances to perform actions on your behalf. This example shows an [AWS::IAM::Role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-iam-role.html) resource for the launch template, which uses the `IamInstanceProfile` property to specify the IAM role. The `Ref` function gets the name of the [AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-iam-instanceprofile.html) resource `myInstanceProfile`. To configure the permissions of the IAM role, you specify a value for the `ManagedPolicyArns` property. +The launch template also includes an IAM role that allows applications running on instances to perform actions on your behalf. This example shows an [AWS::IAM::Role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-iam-role.html) resource for the launch template, which uses the `IamInstanceProfile` property to specify the IAM role. The `Ref` function gets the name of the [AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-iam-instanceprofile.html) resource `myInstanceProfile`. To configure the permissions of the IAM role, you specify a value for the `ManagedPolicyArns` property.