AWS dcv documentation change

Service: dcv · 2025-11-13 · Documentation low

File: dcv/latest/adminguide/manage-storage.md

Summary

Added documentation for enabling session storage on macOS, including configuration steps and notes

Security assessment

The changes expand platform support documentation for macOS session storage configuration. While session storage configuration relates to data handling, there is no explicit mention of security vulnerabilities, access controls, or encryption in the changes.

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diff --git a/dcv/latest/adminguide/manage-storage.md b/dcv/latest/adminguide/manage-storage.md
index ff696fa56..68aa6c397 100644
--- a//dcv/latest/adminguide/manage-storage.md
+++ b//dcv/latest/adminguide/manage-storage.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Enabling session storage on WindowsEnabling session storage on Linux
+Enabling session storage on WindowsEnabling session storage on LinuxEnabling session storage on macOS
@@ -16,0 +17,2 @@ Session storage is a folder on the Amazon DCV server that clients can access whe
+  * Enabling session storage on macOS
+
@@ -89,0 +92,36 @@ If the specified subdirectory doesn't exist, then session storage is disabled.
+
+  5. Start the session and specify the `--storage-root` option. For more information, see [Starting Amazon DCV sessions](./managing-sessions-start.html).
+
+
+
+
+## Enabling session storage on a macOS Amazon DCV Server
+
+To enable session storage, create the folder to use for session storage and then configure the `storage-root` parameter in the `dcv.conf` file.
+
+###### To enable session storage on macOS
+
+  1. Create the folder to use for session storage (for example, `/opt/session-storage/`).
+
+  2. Configure the `storage-root` parameter.
+
+    1. Navigate to `/etc/dcv/` and open the `dcv.conf` with your preferred text editor.
+
+    2. Locate the `storage-root` parameter in the `[session-management/automatic-console-session]` section. Replace the existing path with the full path to the folder that you created in step 1.
+
+If there's no `storage-root` parameter in the `[session-management/automatic-console-session]` section, add it manually using the following format.
+        
+                [session-management/automatic-console-session]
+        storage-root="/opt/session-storage/"
+
+###### Note
+
+If the specified subdirectory doesn't exist, then session storage is disabled.
+
+###### Note
+
+The `storage-root` value must be an absolute path on macOS.
+
+  3. Save and close the file.
+
+  4. [Stop](./manage-stop.html) and [restart](./manage-start.html) the Amazon DCV server.