AWS AWSEC2 documentation change
Summary
Replaced 'Auto Scaling groups' with 'Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups' for terminology accuracy
Security assessment
This is a branding/naming update with no security impact. The change doesn't modify security guidance about credential management.
Diff
diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.md index 7d32c05ba..45d3cd457 100644 --- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.md +++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.md @@ -9 +9 @@ Instance profilesPermissions for your use caseInstance identity roles -Applications must sign their API requests with AWS credentials. Therefore, if you are an application developer, you need a strategy for managing credentials for your applications that run on EC2 instances. For example, you can securely distribute your AWS credentials to the instances, enabling the applications on those instances to use your credentials to sign requests, while protecting your credentials from other users. However, it's challenging to securely distribute credentials to each instance, especially those that AWS creates on your behalf, such as Spot Instances or instances in Auto Scaling groups. You must also be able to update the credentials on each instance when you rotate your AWS credentials. +Applications must sign their API requests with AWS credentials. Therefore, if you are an application developer, you need a strategy for managing credentials for your applications that run on EC2 instances. For example, you can securely distribute your AWS credentials to the instances, enabling the applications on those instances to use your credentials to sign requests, while protecting your credentials from other users. However, it's challenging to securely distribute credentials to each instance, especially those that AWS creates on your behalf, such as Spot Instances or instances in Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups. You must also be able to update the credentials on each instance when you rotate your AWS credentials.