AWS systems-manager documentation change
Summary
Removed references to Ubuntu Server 14.04 throughout the documentation, updated installation instructions to focus solely on Ubuntu 16.04, and removed obsolete version-specific commands
Security assessment
The changes reflect the deprecation of Ubuntu 14.04 support, which reached end-of-life in April 2019 (standard support) and April 2022 (ESM). While using EOL operating systems poses security risks, the documentation update itself does not directly address a specific security vulnerability or weakness - it simply removes references to an unsupported OS version. There is no explicit mention of security patches or vulnerabilities in the diff.
Diff
diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/agent-install-ubuntu-64-deb.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/agent-install-ubuntu-64-deb.md index 27f1da83d..120c44072 100644 --- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/agent-install-ubuntu-64-deb.md +++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/agent-install-ubuntu-64-deb.md @@ -5 +5 @@ -Quick installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit (deb)Create custom installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit (deb) in your Region +Quick installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 (deb)Create custom installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit (deb) in your Region @@ -7 +7 @@ Quick installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bi -# Install SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit (deb) +# Install SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit (deb) @@ -15 +15 @@ In most cases, the Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) Ubuntu Server 16.04 that are pro -In the event that SSM Agent isn’t preinstalled on a new Ubuntu Server 16.04 instance prior to version 20180627, you are installing on Ubuntu Server 14.04, or you need to manually reinstall the agent, use the information on this page to help you. +In the event that SSM Agent isn’t preinstalled on a new Ubuntu Server 16.04 instance prior to version 20180627 or you need to manually reinstall the agent, use the information on this page to help you. @@ -17 +17 @@ In the event that SSM Agent isn’t preinstalled on a new Ubuntu Server 16.04 in -## Quick installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit (deb) +## Quick installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 (deb) @@ -21 +21 @@ Use the following steps to manually install SSM Agent on a single instance. This -###### To install SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit (deb) using quick copy and paste commands +###### To install SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit (deb) using quick copy and paste commands @@ -37 +37 @@ Use the following steps to manually install SSM Agent on a single instance. This -Even though URLs in the following commands include an `ec2-downloads-windows` directory, these are the correct global installation files for Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit. +Even though URLs in the following commands include an `ec2-downloads-windows` directory, these are the correct global installation files for Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit. @@ -43 +43 @@ Even though URLs in the following commands include an `ec2-downloads-windows` di - 5. (Recommended) Run one of the following commands to determine if SSM Agent is running. + 5. (Recommended) Run the following command to determine if SSM Agent is running. @@ -50,5 +49,0 @@ Ubuntu Server 16.04 -Ubuntu Server 14.04 - - - sudo status amazon-ssm-agent - @@ -59 +54 @@ In rare cases, the command reports that the agent is installed but not running, - 6. Run one of the following commands to start the service if the previous command returned `amazon-ssm-agent is stopped`, `inactive`, or `disabled`. + 6. Run the following command to start the service if the previous command returned `amazon-ssm-agent is stopped`, `inactive`, or `disabled`. @@ -65,4 +59,0 @@ Ubuntu Server 16.04: -Ubuntu Server 14.04: - - sudo start amazon-ssm-agent - @@ -72 +63 @@ Ubuntu Server 14.04: -## Create custom installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit (deb) in your Region +## Create custom installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit (deb) in your Region @@ -80 +71 @@ For the following commands, we provide examples that use a publicly accessible S -You can also replace a global URL in the procedure Quick installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 and 14.04 64-bit (deb) earlier in this topic with a custom Regional URL you construct. +You can also replace a global URL in the procedure Quick installation commands for SSM Agent on Ubuntu Server 16.04 (deb) earlier in this topic with a custom Regional URL you construct. @@ -104 +95 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please -Versions 16.04 LTS 64-bit (Snap), 18.04, 20.04, 20.10 STR, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, 24.04 LTS, 24.0, and 25.04 +Versions 16.04 LTS 64-bit (Snap), 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, 24.04 LTS, 24.0, and 25.04