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AWS systems-manager documentation change

Service: systems-manager · 2025-08-28 · Documentation low

File: systems-manager/latest/userguide/install-plugin-linux.md

Summary

Removed note about Amazon Linux 1 unsupported status, simplified RHEL installation commands, and clarified Debian/Ubuntu Server support

Security assessment

Changes focus on documentation cleanup and installation process simplification. No security vulnerabilities or mitigations are mentioned. The removal of Amazon Linux 1 support notice is a deprecation update rather than a security fix.

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/install-plugin-linux.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/install-plugin-linux.md
index e97cd68ac..03003aa4a 100644
--- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/install-plugin-linux.md
+++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/install-plugin-linux.md
@@ -9,4 +8,0 @@ Use the following procedure to install the Session Manager plugin on Amazon Linu
-###### Note
-
-The Session Manager plugin is not supported on Amazon Linux 1. It is supported on Amazon Linux 2 and later distributions.
-
@@ -26,11 +21,0 @@ On AL2023 and RHEL 8 and 9, run the following command:
-x86
-    
-
-On RHEL 7, run the following command:
-    
-        sudo yum install -y https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/linux_32bit/session-manager-plugin.rpm
-
-On RHEL 8 and 9, run the following command:
-    
-        sudo dnf install -y https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/linux_32bit/session-manager-plugin.rpm
-
@@ -65 +50 @@ Verify the signature of the Session Manager plugin
-Install on Debian and Ubuntu
+Install on Debian Server and Ubuntu Server