AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change
Summary
Updated terminology from 'AWS CloudFormation' to 'CloudFormation' throughout document and clarified policy format handling
Security assessment
Changes consist of branding updates and documentation clarifications about YAML/JSON policy conversion. No evidence of security vulnerability fixes or new security feature documentation.
Diff
diff --git a/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-iam-policy.md b/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-iam-policy.md index f0c589b81..06668a04a 100644 --- a//AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-iam-policy.md +++ b//AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-iam-policy.md @@ -5 +5 @@ SyntaxPropertiesReturn valuesExamplesSee also -This is the new _AWS CloudFormation Template Reference Guide_. Please update your bookmarks and links. For help getting started with CloudFormation, see the [AWS CloudFormation User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html). +This is the new _CloudFormation Template Reference Guide_. Please update your bookmarks and links. For help getting started with CloudFormation, see the [AWS CloudFormation User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html). @@ -34 +34 @@ This resource does not support [ drift detection ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/A -To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax: +To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax: @@ -92 +92 @@ The policy document. -You must provide policies in JSON format in IAM. However, for AWS CloudFormation templates formatted in YAML, you can provide the policy in JSON or YAML format. AWS CloudFormation always converts a YAML policy to JSON format before submitting it to IAM. +You must provide policies in JSON format in IAM. However, for CloudFormation templates formatted in YAML, you can provide the policy in JSON or YAML format. CloudFormation always converts a YAML policy to JSON format before submitting it to IAM. @@ -141 +141 @@ This parameter allows (per its [regex pattern](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex)) -If an external policy (such as `AWS::IAM::Policy` or `AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy`) has a `Ref` to a role and if a resource (such as `AWS::ECS::Service`) also has a `Ref` to the same role, add a `DependsOn` attribute to the resource to make the resource depend on the external policy. This dependency ensures that the role's policy is available throughout the resource's lifecycle. For example, when you delete a stack with an `AWS::ECS::Service` resource, the `DependsOn` attribute ensures that AWS CloudFormation deletes the `AWS::ECS::Service` resource before deleting its role's policy. +If an external policy (such as `AWS::IAM::Policy` or `AWS::IAM::ManagedPolicy`) has a `Ref` to a role and if a resource (such as `AWS::ECS::Service`) also has a `Ref` to the same role, add a `DependsOn` attribute to the resource to make the resource depend on the external policy. This dependency ensures that the role's policy is available throughout the resource's lifecycle. For example, when you delete a stack with an `AWS::ECS::Service` resource, the `DependsOn` attribute ensures that CloudFormation deletes the `AWS::ECS::Service` resource before deleting its role's policy.