AWS elasticbeanstalk documentation change
Summary
Updated terminology from 'Auto Scaling group' to 'Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group' for clarity
Security assessment
The change clarifies the exact service name but does not address security vulnerabilities or introduce new security-related content.
Diff
diff --git a/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/AWSHowTo.RDS.md b/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/AWSHowTo.RDS.md index cc199300e..40e3aef77 100644 --- a//elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/AWSHowTo.RDS.md +++ b//elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/AWSHowTo.RDS.md @@ -30 +30 @@ If you haven't used a database instance with your application before, we recomme -To allow the Amazon EC2 instances in your environment to connect to an outside database, configure an additional security group for the Auto Scaling group that's associated with your environment. You can attach the same security group that's attached to your database instance. Or, you can use a separate security group. If you attach a different security group, you must configure the security group that's attached to your database to allow inbound access from this security group. +To allow the Amazon EC2 instances in your environment to connect to an outside database, configure an additional security group for the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group that's associated with your environment. You can attach the same security group that's attached to your database instance. Or, you can use a separate security group. If you attach a different security group, you must configure the security group that's attached to your database to allow inbound access from this security group. @@ -34 +34 @@ To allow the Amazon EC2 instances in your environment to connect to an outside d -You can connect your environment to a database by adding a rule to the security group that's attached to your database. This rule must allow inbound access from the autogenerated security group that Elastic Beanstalk attaches to the Auto Scaling group for your environment. However, know that, by creating this rule, you also create a dependency between the two security groups. Subsequently, when you attempt to terminate the environment, Elastic Beanstalk will be unable to delete the environment's security group, because the database's security group is dependent on it. +You can connect your environment to a database by adding a rule to the security group that's attached to your database. This rule must allow inbound access from the autogenerated security group that Elastic Beanstalk attaches to the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group for your environment. However, know that, by creating this rule, you also create a dependency between the two security groups. Subsequently, when you attempt to terminate the environment, Elastic Beanstalk will be unable to delete the environment's security group, because the database's security group is dependent on it.