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AWS parallelcluster documentation change

Service: parallelcluster · 2026-02-25 · Documentation high

File: parallelcluster/latest/ug/Scheduling-v3.md

Summary

Changed default root volume encryption from false to true

Security assessment

Changed default encryption setting to enabled, improving security posture by default. This documents security best practices but doesn't address a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/parallelcluster/latest/ug/Scheduling-v3.md b/parallelcluster/latest/ug/Scheduling-v3.md
index c8c7bff34..bcee1c050 100644
--- a//parallelcluster/latest/ug/Scheduling-v3.md
+++ b//parallelcluster/latest/ug/Scheduling-v3.md
@@ -1648 +1648 @@ Specifies the root volume size in gibibytes (GiB) for the nodes in the Slurm que
-If `true`, the root volume of the nodes in the Slurm queue are encrypted. The default value is `false`.
+If `true`, the root volume of the nodes in the Slurm queue are encrypted. The default value is `true`.