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AWS amazon-mq documentation change

Service: amazon-mq · 2026-01-07 · Documentation low

File: amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/arn-support-rabbitmq-configuration.md

Summary

Added HTTP authentication ARN configurations and restructured LDAP security parameters

Security assessment

Documents secure certificate/key management for HTTP/LDAP authentication but doesn't fix a specific vulnerability

Diff

diff --git a/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/arn-support-rabbitmq-configuration.md b/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/arn-support-rabbitmq-configuration.md
index fb34ce912..7bf3e3d56 100644
--- a//amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/arn-support-rabbitmq-configuration.md
+++ b//amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/arn-support-rabbitmq-configuration.md
@@ -43 +43 @@ Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ supports AWS ARNs for the values of some RabbitMQ configu
-`aws.arns.auth_ldap.dn_lookup_bind.password`
+###### Required IAM role
@@ -44,0 +45 @@ Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ supports AWS ARNs for the values of some RabbitMQ configu
+`aws.arns.assume_role_arn`
@@ -46 +46,0 @@ Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ supports AWS ARNs for the values of some RabbitMQ configu
-Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the password as a plaintext value
@@ -48 +48 @@ Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the password as a plaintex
-`aws.arns.auth_ldap.other_bind.password`
+IAM role ARN that Amazon MQ assumes to access other AWS resources. Required when any other ARN configuration is used.
@@ -49,0 +50,5 @@ Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the password as a plaintex
+Configuration key | Description  
+---|---  
+`aws.arns.auth_http.ssl_options.cacertfile` | Certificate authority file for HTTP authentication SSL/TLS connections. Amazon MQ requires using Amazon S3 or to store the certificate.  
+`aws.arns.auth_http.ssl_options.certfile` | Certificate file for mutual TLS connections between Amazon MQ and the HTTP authentication server. Amazon MQ requires using Amazon S3 or to store the certificate.  
+`aws.arns.auth_http.ssl_options.keyfile` | Private key file for mutual TLS connections between Amazon MQ and the HTTP authentication server. Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the private key.  
@@ -51,16 +56,7 @@ Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the password as a plaintex
-Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the password as a plaintext value
-
-`aws.arns.auth_ldap.ssl_options.cacertfile`
-    
-
-Certificate authority file for TLS connections between Amazon MQ and the LDAP server
-
-`aws.arns.auth_ldap.ssl_options.certfile`
-    
-
-Certificate file for mutual TLS connections between Amazon MQ and the LDAP server
-
-`aws.arns.auth_ldap.ssl_options.keyfile`
-    
-
-Private key file for mutual TLS connections between Amazon MQ and the LDAP server
+Configuration key | Description  
+---|---  
+`aws.arns.auth_ldap.ssl_options.cacertfile` | Certificate authority file for LDAP SSL/TLS connections. Amazon MQ requires using Amazon S3 or to store the certificate.  
+`aws.arns.auth_ldap.ssl_options.certfile` | Certificate file for mutual TLS connections between Amazon MQ and the LDAP server. Amazon MQ requires using Amazon S3 or to store the certificate.  
+`aws.arns.auth_ldap.ssl_options.keyfile` | Private key file for mutual TLS connections between Amazon MQ and the LDAP server. Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the private key.  
+`aws.arns.auth_ldap.dn_lookup_bind.password` | Password for LDAP DN lookup bind. Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the password as a plaintext value.  
+`aws.arns.auth_ldap.other_bind.password` | Password for LDAP other bind. Amazon MQ requires using AWS Secrets Manager to store the password as a plaintext value.