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AWS autoscaling documentation change

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

File: autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-tagging.md

Summary

Updated service name references from 'Auto Scaling groups' to 'Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups' throughout the document for consistency and branding accuracy.

Security assessment

Changes are purely terminological updates without modifying security concepts. Existing security content about tag-based access control remains unchanged. No vulnerabilities, weaknesses, or security incidents are addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-tagging.md b/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-tagging.md
index d8929aa51..f6cdd73f8 100644
--- a//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-tagging.md
+++ b//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-tagging.md
@@ -7 +7 @@ Tag naming and usage restrictionsEC2 instance tagging lifecycle
-# Tag Auto Scaling groups and instances
+# Tag Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups and instances
@@ -22 +22 @@ Tags help you do the following:
-  * Control access to Auto Scaling groups based on tags. You can use conditions in your IAM policies to control access to Auto Scaling groups based on the tags on that group. For more information, see [Tags for security](./tag-security.html).
+  * Control access to Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups based on tags. You can use conditions in your IAM policies to control access to Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups based on the tags on that group. For more information, see [Tags for security](./tag-security.html).
@@ -24 +24 @@ Tags help you do the following:
-  * Filter and search for Auto Scaling groups based on the tags that you add. For more information, see [Use tags to filter Auto Scaling groups](./use-tag-filters-aws-cli.html).
+  * Filter and search for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups based on the tags that you add. For more information, see [Use tags to filter Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups](./use-tag-filters-aws-cli.html).
@@ -31 +31 @@ Tags help you do the following:
-You can tag new or existing Auto Scaling groups. You can also propagate tags from an Auto Scaling group to the EC2 instances that it launches. 
+You can tag new or existing Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups. You can also propagate tags from an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group to the EC2 instances that it launches. 
@@ -33 +33 @@ You can tag new or existing Auto Scaling groups. You can also propagate tags fro
-Tags are not propagated to Amazon EBS volumes. To add tags to Amazon EBS volumes, specify the tags in a launch template. For more information, see [Create a launch template for an Auto Scaling group](./create-launch-template.html).
+Tags are not propagated to Amazon EBS volumes. To add tags to Amazon EBS volumes, specify the tags in a launch template. For more information, see [Create a launch template for an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group](./create-launch-template.html).
@@ -43 +43 @@ You can create and manage tags through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or S
-  * [Tag your Auto Scaling groups](./add-tags.html)
+  * [Tag your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups](./add-tags.html)
@@ -51 +51 @@ You can create and manage tags through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or S
-  * [Use tags to filter Auto Scaling groups](./use-tag-filters-aws-cli.html)
+  * [Use tags to filter Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups](./use-tag-filters-aws-cli.html)
@@ -79 +79 @@ If you have opted to propagate tags to your EC2 instances, the tags are managed
-  * When an Auto Scaling group launches instances, it adds tags to the instances during resource creation rather than after the resource is created. 
+  * When an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group launches instances, it adds tags to the instances during resource creation rather than after the resource is created. 
@@ -81 +81 @@ If you have opted to propagate tags to your EC2 instances, the tags are managed
-  * The Auto Scaling group automatically adds a tag to instances with a key of `aws:autoscaling:groupName` and a value of the Auto Scaling group name. 
+  * The Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group automatically adds a tag to instances with a key of `aws:autoscaling:groupName` and a value of the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group name. 
@@ -83 +83 @@ If you have opted to propagate tags to your EC2 instances, the tags are managed
-  * If you specify instance tags in your launch template and you opted to propagate your group's tags to its instances, all the tags are merged. If the same tag key is specified for a tag in your launch template and a tag in your Auto Scaling group, then the tag value from the group takes precedence.
+  * If you specify instance tags in your launch template and you opted to propagate your group's tags to its instances, all the tags are merged. If the same tag key is specified for a tag in your launch template and a tag in your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group, then the tag value from the group takes precedence.
@@ -85 +85 @@ If you have opted to propagate tags to your EC2 instances, the tags are managed
-  * When you attach existing instances, the Auto Scaling group adds the tags to the instances, overwriting any existing tags with the same tag key. It also adds a tag with a key of `aws:autoscaling:groupName` and a value of the Auto Scaling group name.
+  * When you attach existing instances, the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group adds the tags to the instances, overwriting any existing tags with the same tag key. It also adds a tag with a key of `aws:autoscaling:groupName` and a value of the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group name.
@@ -87 +87 @@ If you have opted to propagate tags to your EC2 instances, the tags are managed
-  * When you detach an instance from an Auto Scaling group, it removes only the `aws:autoscaling:groupName` tag.
+  * When you detach an instance from an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group, it removes only the `aws:autoscaling:groupName` tag.
@@ -98 +98 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Update an Auto Scaling group
+Update an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group
@@ -100 +100 @@ Update an Auto Scaling group
-Tag your Auto Scaling groups
+Tag your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups