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AWS acm documentation change

Service: acm · 2025-06-19 · Documentation low

File: acm/latest/userguide/gs.md

Summary

Added information about exporting public certificates for use on any EC2 instance

Security assessment

Adds documentation about certificate export capability, which relates to secure certificate management practices but does not address a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/acm/latest/userguide/gs.md b/acm/latest/userguide/gs.md
index 595f49a8f..c40aa31c2 100644
--- a//acm/latest/userguide/gs.md
+++ b//acm/latest/userguide/gs.md
@@ -11 +11 @@ ACM manages public, private, and imported certificates. Certificates are used to
-Public ACM certificates can be installed on Amazon EC2 instances that are connected to a [Nitro Enclave](./acm-services.html#acm-nitro-enclave), but not to other Amazon EC2 instances. For information about setting up a standalone web server on an Amazon EC2 instance not connected to a Nitro Enclave, see [Tutorial: Install a LAMP web server on Amazon Linux 2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-lamp-amazon-linux-2.html) or [Tutorial: Install a LAMP web server with the Amazon Linux AMI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-LAMP.html).
+Public ACM certificates can be installed on Amazon EC2 instances that are connected to a [Nitro Enclave](./acm-services.html#acm-nitro-enclave). You can also [export a public certificate](./export-public-certificate.html) to use on any Amazon EC2 instance. For information about setting up a standalone web server on an Amazon EC2 instance not connected to a Nitro Enclave, see [Tutorial: Install a LAMP web server on Amazon Linux 2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-lamp-amazon-linux-2.html) or [Tutorial: Install a LAMP web server with the Amazon Linux AMI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-LAMP.html).