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AWS pcs documentation change

Service: pcs · 2025-07-04 · Documentation medium

File: pcs/latest/userguide/security-instance-profiles.md

Summary

Added an option for AWS PCS to automatically create basic instance profiles during compute node group creation.

Security assessment

Simplifies secure configuration by automating IAM instance profile creation, a security best practice, but does not address a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/pcs/latest/userguide/security-instance-profiles.md b/pcs/latest/userguide/security-instance-profiles.md
index a9a855219..0c2217bcf 100644
--- a//pcs/latest/userguide/security-instance-profiles.md
+++ b//pcs/latest/userguide/security-instance-profiles.md
@@ -73 +73,8 @@ You can also include your own IAM policies that support your specific use case.
-You can create an instance profile directly from the Amazon EC2 console. For more information, see [Using instance profiles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2_instance-profiles.html) in the _AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide_.
+To create an instance profile, you can:
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+  * Select **Create a basic profile** when you create a compute node group to have AWS PCS create one for you with the minimum required policy.
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+  * Create an instance profile directly from the Amazon EC2 console. For more information, see [Using instance profiles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2_instance-profiles.html) in the _AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide_.
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