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AWS elasticbeanstalk documentation change

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

File: elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/https-storingprivatekeys.md

Summary

Updated 'Auto Scaling group' to 'Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group' in a security context related to instance profiles and S3 permissions

Security assessment

The change is a terminology/branding update in documentation about securing private keys. While the context involves security (S3 permissions and instance profiles), the change itself does not introduce new security features or address vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/https-storingprivatekeys.md b/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/https-storingprivatekeys.md
index d7c32a363..037b31959 100644
--- a//elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/https-storingprivatekeys.md
+++ b//elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/https-storingprivatekeys.md
@@ -35 +35 @@ The following example shows the [Resources](./environment-resources.html) and [f
-Replace the bucket name and URL in the example with your own. The first entry in this file adds an authentication method named `S3Auth` to the environment's Auto Scaling group's metadata. If you have configured a custom [instance profile](./concepts-roles-instance.html) for your environment, that will be used, otherwise the default value of `aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role` is applied. The default instance profile has permission to read from the Elastic Beanstalk storage bucket. If you use a different bucket, [add permissions to the instance profile](./iam-instanceprofile.html#iam-instanceprofile-addperms).
+Replace the bucket name and URL in the example with your own. The first entry in this file adds an authentication method named `S3Auth` to the environment's Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group's metadata. If you have configured a custom [instance profile](./concepts-roles-instance.html) for your environment, that will be used, otherwise the default value of `aws-elasticbeanstalk-ec2-role` is applied. The default instance profile has permission to read from the Elastic Beanstalk storage bucket. If you use a different bucket, [add permissions to the instance profile](./iam-instanceprofile.html#iam-instanceprofile-addperms).