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AWS fsx documentation change

Service: fsx · 2025-11-07 · Documentation medium

File: fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/self-manage-prereqs.md

Summary

Added recommendation to store AD credentials in Secrets Manager rather than plaintext

Security assessment

Promotes secure credential storage practices but doesn't address a specific existing vulnerability. The change improves security documentation by recommending encrypted secret storage over plaintext credentials.

Diff

diff --git a/fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/self-manage-prereqs.md b/fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/self-manage-prereqs.md
index d9f75829f..09bd7c814 100644
--- a//fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/self-manage-prereqs.md
+++ b//fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/self-manage-prereqs.md
@@ -99,0 +100,2 @@ These represent the minimum set of permissions that are required to join compute
+You can store your Active Directory service account credentials in AWS Secrets Manager (recommended) and provide Amazon FSx with a secret ARN to join your Active Directory, or you can provide plaintext credentials.
+