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AWS res documentation change

Service: res · 2025-09-28 · Documentation low

File: res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/secrets-management.md

Summary

Updated secret name formatting with backticks, added directoryservice-ServiceAccountUserDN entry, and modified DynamoDB table reference syntax

Security assessment

The change adds documentation for a new directory service account DN secret and improves secret name formatting. While this enhances clarity about security-related secrets, there's no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability. The updates improve documentation accuracy but don't directly resolve a security issue.

Diff

diff --git a/res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/secrets-management.md b/res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/secrets-management.md
index 85f6a58f7..3975f2499 100644
--- a//res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/secrets-management.md
+++ b//res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/secrets-management.md
@@ -11,15 +11,14 @@ Secret name |  Description  |  RES generated | Admin entered
-<envname>-sso-client-secret | Single Sign-On OAuth2 Client Secret for environment | ✓ |   
-<envname>-vdc-client-secret | vdc ClientSecret | ✓ |   
-<envname>-vdc-client-id | vdc ClientId | ✓ |   
-<envname>-vdc-gateway-certificate-private-key | Self-Signed certificate private key for domain | ✓ |   
-<envname>-vdc-gateway-certificate-certificate | Self-Signed certificate for domain | ✓ |   
-<envname>-cluster-manager-client-secret | cluster-manager ClientSecret | ✓ |   
-<envname>-cluster-manager-client-id | cluster-manager ClientId | ✓ |   
-<envname>-external-private-key | Self-Signed certificate private key for domain | ✓ |   
-<envname>-external-certificate | Self-Signed certificate for domain | ✓ |   
-<envname>-internal-private-key | Self-Signed certificate private key for domain | ✓ |   
-<envname>-internal-certificate | Self-Signed certificate for domain | ✓ |   
-<envname>-directoryservice-ServiceAccountUsername |  |  | ✓  
-<envname>-directoryservice-ServiceAccountPassword |  |  | ✓  
-  
-The following secret ARN values are contained in the <envname>-cluster-settings table in DynamoDB: 
+``<envname>`-sso-client-secret` | Single Sign-On OAuth2 Client Secret for environment | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-vdc-client-secret` | vdc ClientSecret | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-vdc-client-id` | vdc ClientId | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-vdc-gateway-certificate-private-key` | Self-Signed certificate private key for domain | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-vdc-gateway-certificate-certificate` | Self-Signed certificate for domain | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-cluster-manager-client-secret` | cluster-manager ClientSecret | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-cluster-manager-client-id` | cluster-manager ClientId | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-external-private-key` | Self-Signed certificate private key for domain | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-external-certificate` | Self-Signed certificate for domain | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-internal-private-key` | Self-Signed certificate private key for domain | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-internal-certificate` | Self-Signed certificate for domain | ✓ |   
+``<envname>`-directoryservice-ServiceAccountUserDN` | The Distinguished Name (DN) attribute of the ServiceAccount user. | ✓ |   
+  
+The following secret ARN values are contained in the ``<envname>`-cluster-settings` table in DynamoDB:
@@ -29,12 +28,12 @@ Key | Source
-identity-provider.cognito.sso_client_secret |   
-vdc.dcv_connection_gateway.certificate.certificate_secret_arn | stack  
-vdc.dcv_connection_gateway.certificate.private_key_secret_arn | stack  
-cluster.load_balancers.internal_alb.certificates.private_key_secret_arn | stack  
-directoryservice.root_username_secret_arn |   
-vdc.client_secret | stack  
-cluster.load_balancers.external_alb.certificates.certificate_secret_arn | stack  
-cluster.load_balancers.internal_alb.certificates.certificate_secret_arn | stack  
-directoryservice.root_password_secret_arn |   
-cluster.secretsmanager.kms_key_id |   
-cluster.load_balancers.external_alb.certificates.private_key_secret_arn | stack  
-cluster-manager.client_secret |   
+`identity-provider.cognito.sso_client_secret` |   
+`vdc.dcv_connection_gateway.certificate.certificate_secret_arn` | stack  
+`vdc.dcv_connection_gateway.certificate.private_key_secret_arn` | stack  
+`cluster.load_balancers.internal_alb.certificates.private_key_secret_arn` | stack  
+`directoryservice.root_username_secret_arn` |   
+`vdc.client_secret` | stack  
+`cluster.load_balancers.external_alb.certificates.certificate_secret_arn` | stack  
+`cluster.load_balancers.internal_alb.certificates.certificate_secret_arn` | stack  
+`directoryservice.root_password_secret_arn` |   
+`cluster.secretsmanager.kms_key_id` |   
+`cluster.load_balancers.external_alb.certificates.private_key_secret_arn` | stack  
+`cluster-manager.client_secret` |   
@@ -48 +47 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Amazon S3 buckets
+Administrator guide