AWS drs documentation change
Summary
Expanded DHCP client installation instructions with distribution-specific commands and added explanation that DHCP is required for recovered instance networking.
Security assessment
This change improves documentation clarity and completeness for a standard operational requirement (DHCP client installation). There is no evidence of addressing a security vulnerability or weakness; it is a routine documentation enhancement.
Diff
diff --git a/drs/latest/userguide/installation-requirements.md b/drs/latest/userguide/installation-requirements.md index e7b5625d6..f0431ed92 100644 --- a//drs/latest/userguide/installation-requirements.md +++ b//drs/latest/userguide/installation-requirements.md @@ -96 +96,7 @@ If the result is similar to the example, i the issue exists in your OS: /dev/xvd - * Ensure that the dhclient package is installed. If not, please install the package, by running ` yum install dhclient`. + * Ensure that the dhclient package is installed. The DHCP client is required because AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery configures recovered instances to use DHCP networking. If the package is not installed, use the appropriate command for your distribution: + + * On RHEL/CentOS/Oracle/Amazon Linux: `sudo yum install dhclient` or `sudo yum install dhcp-client` + + * On Debian/Ubuntu: `sudo apt install isc-dhcp-client` + + * On SUSE: `sudo zypper install dhcp-client`