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AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change

Service: AWSCloudFormation · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/doc-history.md

Summary

Updated 'Elastic Load Balancing' to 'ELB' in load balancer documentation

Security assessment

Service name abbreviation change without security implications

Diff

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@@ -247 +247 @@ Updated resources |  January 23, 2018 |
-     Use the `HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds` property to specify the period of time, in seconds, that the Amazon ECS service scheduler ignores unhealthy Elastic Load Balancing target health checks after a task has first started.
+     Use the `HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds` property to specify the period of time, in seconds, that the Amazon ECS service scheduler ignores unhealthy ELB target health checks after a task has first started.
@@ -358 +358 @@ Updated resources |  November 20, 2017 |
-     Use the `TargetGroupName` attribute with the `Fn::GetAtt` function to get the name of an Elastic Load Balancing target group.
+     Use the `TargetGroupName` attribute with the `Fn::GetAtt` function to get the name of an ELB target group.
@@ -390 +390 @@ Updated resources | November 2, 2017 |
-     Use the `LifecycleHookSpecificationList` property to specify actions to perform when Auto Scaling launches or terminates instances.
+     Use the `LifecycleHookSpecificationList` property to specify actions to perform when Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches or terminates instances.
@@ -394 +394 @@ Updated resources | November 2, 2017 |
-     In the [LoadBalancerInfo](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-properties-codedeploy-deploymentgroup-loadbalancerinfo.html) property type, use the `TargetGroupInfoList` property to specify information about a target group in Elastic Load Balancing to use in a deployment.
+     In the [LoadBalancerInfo](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-properties-codedeploy-deploymentgroup-loadbalancerinfo.html) property type, use the `TargetGroupInfoList` property to specify information about a target group in ELB to use in a deployment.
@@ -539 +539 @@ Updated resources |  August 18, 2017 |
-     Use the `TargetTrackingConfiguration` property to specify an Auto Scaling target tracking scaling policy configuration.
+     Use the `TargetTrackingConfiguration` property to specify an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling target tracking scaling policy configuration.
@@ -543 +543 @@ Updated resources |  August 18, 2017 |
-     Use the `LoadBalancerInfo` and `DeploymentStyle` properties to specify an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer for an in-place deployment. Use the `AutoRollbackConfiguration` property to configure automatic rollback for the deployment.
+     Use the `LoadBalancerInfo` and `DeploymentStyle` properties to specify an ELB load balancer for an in-place deployment. Use the `AutoRollbackConfiguration` property to configure automatic rollback for the deployment.
@@ -674 +674 @@ The following properties of the `SpotFleetRequestConfigData` property support `N
-     CloudFormation now supports Auto Scaling for Amazon EMR task instance groups.
+     CloudFormation now supports Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for Amazon EMR task instance groups.
@@ -688 +688 @@ The following properties of the `SpotFleetRequestConfigData` property support `N
-New resources |  May 11, 2017 |  The following new resources support using AWS WAF with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Application Load Balancers.
+New resources |  May 11, 2017 |  The following new resources support using AWS WAF with ELB (ELB) Application Load Balancers.
@@ -793 +793 @@ Updated resources |  January 17, 2017 |
-     The `LoadBalancerNames` property can be updated without replacing the Auto Scaling group.
+     The `LoadBalancerNames` property can be updated without replacing the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group.
@@ -949 +949 @@ Updated resource |  August 11, 2016 |
-     Use the `TargetGroupARNs` property to associate the Auto Scaling group with one or more Application Load Balancer target groups.
+     Use the `TargetGroupARNs` property to associate the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group with one or more Application Load Balancer target groups.
@@ -990 +990 @@ Updated resources |  July 20, 2016 |  CloudFormation updated the following resou
-Auto Scaling group UpdatePolicy |  June 9, 2016 |  For the `UpdatePolicy` attribute, use the `AutoScalingReplacingUpdate` property to specify whether an Auto Scaling group and the instances it contains are replaced when you update the Auto Scaling group. During a replacement, CloudFormation retains the old Auto Scaling group until it creates the new one successfully so that CloudFormation can roll back to the old Auto Scaling group if the update fails. For more information, see [UpdatePolicy Attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html). |  2010-05-15  
+Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group UpdatePolicy |  June 9, 2016 |  For the `UpdatePolicy` attribute, use the `AutoScalingReplacingUpdate` property to specify whether an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group and the instances it contains are replaced when you update the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. During a replacement, CloudFormation retains the old Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group until it creates the new one successfully so that CloudFormation can roll back to the old Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group if the update fails. For more information, see [UpdatePolicy Attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1105 +1105 @@ Parameter grouping and sorting |  December 3, 2015 |  Use the [AWS::CloudFormati
-Update policy attribute |  December 3, 2015 |  For an Auto Scaling [update policy attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html), use the `MinSuccessfulInstancesPercent` property to specify the percentage of instances that must signal success for a successful update. |  2010-05-15  
+Update policy attribute |  December 3, 2015 |  For an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling [update policy attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html), use the `MinSuccessfulInstancesPercent` property to specify the percentage of instances that must signal success for a successful update. |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1122 +1122 @@ Resources update |  December 3, 2015 |  CloudFormation updated the following res
-     You can use two different policy types (simple and step scaling) to specify how an Auto Scaling group scales when an Amazon CloudWatch (CloudWatch) alarm is breached.
+     You can use two different policy types (simple and step scaling) to specify how an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group scales when an Amazon CloudWatch (CloudWatch) alarm is breached.
@@ -1144 +1144 @@ New resources |  October 1, 2015 |  CloudFormation added the following resources
-     Use the Simple Active Directory resource to create an AWS Directory Service Simple AD, which is a Microsoft Active Directory-compatible directory.
+     Use the Simple Active Directory resource to create an Directory Service Simple AD, which is a Microsoft Active Directory-compatible directory.
@@ -1235 +1235 @@ New resources |  April 16, 2015 |  CloudFormation added the following resources:
-     Use Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks to control the state of an instance after it is launched or terminated.
+     Use Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks to control the state of an instance after it is launched or terminated.
@@ -1267 +1267 @@ Amazon RDS update |  December 24, 2014 |  CloudFormation added two new propertie
-Elastic Load Balancing update |  December 24, 2014 |  You can use the `ConnectionSettings` property to specify how long connections can remain idle. For more information, see [AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-elasticloadbalancing-loadbalancer.html). |  2010-05-15  
+ELB update |  December 24, 2014 |  You can use the `ConnectionSettings` property to specify how long connections can remain idle. For more information, see [AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-elasticloadbalancing-loadbalancer.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1269 +1269 @@ Route 53 update |  November 6, 2014 |  You can now provision and manage Route 53
-Auto Scaling rolling update enhancement |  November 6, 2014 |  During an update, you can use the `WaitOnResourceSignals` flag to instruct CloudFormation to wait for instances to signal success. That way, CloudFormation won't update the next batch of instances until the current batch is ready. For more information, see [UpdatePolicy Attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html). |  2010-05-15  
+Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling rolling update enhancement |  November 6, 2014 |  During an update, you can use the `WaitOnResourceSignals` flag to instruct CloudFormation to wait for instances to signal success. That way, CloudFormation won't update the next batch of instances until the current batch is ready. For more information, see [UpdatePolicy Attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1278 +1278 @@ RDS DB instance update |  September 5, 2014 |  You can specify whether a DB inst
-UpdatePolicy attribute update |  September 05, 2014 |  You can specify an update policy for an Auto Scaling group that has an associated scheduled action. For more information, see [UpdatePolicy Attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html). |  2010-05-15  
+UpdatePolicy attribute update |  September 05, 2014 |  You can specify an update policy for an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group that has an associated scheduled action. For more information, see [UpdatePolicy Attribute](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-attribute-updatepolicy.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1311 +1311 @@ For more information, see [AWS::S3::Bucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloud
-Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling support |  May 5, 2014 |  CloudFormation supports metrics collection for an Auto Scaling group. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-autoscalinggroup.html). |  2010-05-15  
+Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling support |  May 5, 2014 |  CloudFormation supports metrics collection for an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-autoscalinggroup.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1314 +1314 @@ API logging with AWS CloudTrail |  April 2, 2014 |  You can use AWS CloudTrail (
-Elastic Load Balancing update |  March 20, 2014 |  You can specify an access logging policy to capture information about requests made to your load balancer. You can also specify a connection draining policy that describes how to handle in-flight requests when instances are deregistered or become unhealthy. For more information, see [AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-elasticloadbalancing-loadbalancer.html). |  2010-05-15  
+ELB update |  March 20, 2014 |  You can specify an access logging policy to capture information about requests made to your load balancer. You can also specify a connection draining policy that describes how to handle in-flight requests when instances are deregistered or become unhealthy. For more information, see [AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-elasticloadbalancing-loadbalancer.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1321 +1321 @@ Amazon SQS update |  January 29, 2014 |  You can specify a dead letter queue for
-Auto Scaling scheduled actions |  January 27, 2014 |  You can scale the number of EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group based on a schedule. By using a schedule, you can scale applications in response to predictable load changes. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::ScheduledAction](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-scheduledaction.html). |  2010-05-15  
+Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling scheduled actions |  January 27, 2014 |  You can scale the number of EC2 instances in an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group based on a schedule. By using a schedule, you can scale applications in response to predictable load changes. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::ScheduledAction](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-scheduledaction.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1323 +1323 @@ DynamoDB secondary indexes |  January 27, 2014 |  You can create local and globa
-Auto Scaling update |  January 2, 2014 |  You can specify an instance ID for an Auto Scaling group or launch configuration. You can also specify additional Auto Scaling block device properties. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-autoscalinggroup.html) or [AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-launchconfiguration.html). |  2010-05-15  
+Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling update |  January 2, 2014 |  You can specify an instance ID for an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group or launch configuration. You can also specify additional Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling block device properties. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-autoscalinggroup.html) or [AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-launchconfiguration.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1332 +1332 @@ Resource names |  December 19, 2013 |  You can assign names (physical IDs) to th
-  * Elastic Load Balancing load balancers
+  * ELB load balancers
@@ -1354 +1354 @@ Amazon RDS read replica support |  September 24, 2013 |  You can now create Amaz
-Associate public IP address with instances in an Auto Scaling group |  September 19, 2013 |  You can now associate public IP addresses with instances in an Auto Scaling group. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-launchconfiguration.html). |  2010-05-15  
+Associate public IP address with instances in an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group |  September 19, 2013 |  You can now associate public IP addresses with instances in an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-launchconfiguration.html). |  2010-05-15  
@@ -1437,2 +1437,2 @@ New feature |  February 2, 2012 |  CloudFormation now provides support for resou
-  * Associate an Auto Scaling group with an existing Amazon VPC by setting the `VPCZoneIdentifier` property of your `AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup` resource. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-autoscalinggroup.html).
-  * Attach an Elastic Load Balancing load balancer to a Amazon VPC subnet and create security groups for the load balancer. For more information, see [AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-elasticloadbalancing-loadbalancer.html).
+  * Associate an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group with an existing Amazon VPC by setting the `VPCZoneIdentifier` property of your `AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup` resource. For more information, see [AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-autoscaling-autoscalinggroup.html).
+  * Attach an ELB load balancer to a Amazon VPC subnet and create security groups for the load balancer. For more information, see [AWS::ElasticLoadBalancing::LoadBalancer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/TemplateReference/aws-resource-elasticloadbalancing-loadbalancer.html).