AWS cli high security documentation change

Service: cli · 2025-07-18 · Security-related high

File: cli/latest/reference/datasync/create-location-object-storage.md

Summary

Updated CLI version reference, added IPv6 support in server address description, clarified protocol defaults to HTTPS, added note about Secrets Manager secret storage

Security assessment

The change adds HTTPS as the default protocol (improving encryption in transit) and clarifies secret storage in Secrets Manager (secure credential management). Both are security-related enhancements.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/datasync/create-location-object-storage.md b/cli/latest/reference/datasync/create-location-object-storage.md
index d141c8d8e..e4c9663eb 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/datasync/create-location-object-storage.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/datasync/create-location-object-storage.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.27.51 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.27.54 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -107 +107 @@ See also: [AWS API Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/datasy
-> Specifies the domain name or IP version 4 (IPv4) address of the object storage server that your DataSync agent connects to.
+> Specifies the domain name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of the object storage server that your DataSync agent connects to.
@@ -115 +115 @@ See also: [AWS API Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/datasy
-> Specifies the protocol that your object storage server uses to communicate.
+> Specifies the protocol that your object storage server uses to communicate. If not specified, the default value is `HTTPS` .
@@ -138,0 +139,4 @@ See also: [AWS API Documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/datasy
+> 
+> ### Note
+> 
+> If you provide a secret using `SecretKey` , but do not provide secret configuration details using `CmkSecretConfig` or `CustomSecretConfig` , then DataSync stores the token using your Amazon Web Services account’s Secrets Manager secret.
@@ -387 +391 @@ LocationArn -> (string)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.27.51 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.27.54 Command Reference](../../index.html) »