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AWS guardduty documentation change

Service: guardduty · 2025-06-07 · Documentation low

File: guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md

Summary

Updated GuardDuty agent version from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1 in installation commands and URLs

Security assessment

The version update in installation instructions is a routine maintenance change. There's no explicit mention of security fixes in the diff, so it's not directly security-related.

Diff

diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md b/guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
index 540ec7c18..e2be922cb 100644
--- a//guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
+++ b//guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
@@ -97 +97 @@ Prepare the commands with appropriate public key, signature of x86_64 RPM, signa
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/publickey.pem
@@ -104 +104 @@ Signature of x86_64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.sig
@@ -109 +109 @@ Signature of arm64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.arm64.sig
@@ -116 +116 @@ Access link for x86_64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.rpm
@@ -121 +121 @@ Access link for arm64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.rpm
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.arm64.rpm
@@ -161,3 +161,3 @@ In the following command to download appropriate public key, signature of x86_64
-                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
+                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.rpm ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.rpm
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.sig
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.7.1/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
@@ -182 +182 @@ Use the following command to verify the signature
-                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
+                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.rpm
@@ -211 +211 @@ Now, try the verification process again.
-        sudo rpm -ivh amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.x86_64.rpm
+        sudo rpm -ivh amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.x86_64.rpm
@@ -233 +233 @@ In the following templates, replace the value of the AWS Region, AWS account ID,
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/publickey.pem
@@ -240 +240 @@ Signature of amd64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.sig
@@ -245 +245 @@ Signature of arm64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.arm64.sig
@@ -252 +252 @@ Access link for amd64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.deb
@@ -257 +257 @@ Access link for arm64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.arm64.deb
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.arm64.deb
@@ -296,3 +296,3 @@ In the following commands, replace the account ID with the appropriate AWS accou
-                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
+                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.deb ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.deb
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.sig
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.7.1/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
@@ -313 +313 @@ gpg shows import successfully
-                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb
+                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.deb
@@ -344 +344 @@ Now, retry the verification process.
-        sudo dpkg -i amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.0.amd64.deb
+        sudo dpkg -i amazon-guardduty-agent-1.7.1.amd64.deb