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AWS deadline-cloud documentation change

Service: deadline-cloud · 2026-03-28 · Documentation low

File: deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/smf-byol.md

Summary

Updated Windows Session Manager plugin installation commands from Linux RPM to Windows ZIP format

Security assessment

This change corrects platform-specific installation instructions but doesn't address any security vulnerability. The update ensures proper installation on Windows systems but isn't security-related.

Diff

diff --git a/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/smf-byol.md b/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/smf-byol.md
index c09a2814e..9194d198c 100644
--- a//deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/smf-byol.md
+++ b//deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/smf-byol.md
@@ -147,2 +147,2 @@ Windows
-          curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/linux_64bit/session-manager-plugin.rpm -Ls | rpm2cpio - | cpio -iv --to-stdout ./usr/local/sessionmanagerplugin/bin/session-manager-plugin > {{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/session-manager-plugin
-          chmod +x {{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/session-manager-plugin
+          curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/windows/SessionManagerPlugin.zip" -o "{{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/ssm-plugin.zip"
+          powershell -Command "Expand-Archive -Path '{{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/ssm-plugin.zip' -DestinationPath '{{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/ssm-plugin' -Force; Expand-Archive -Path '{{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/ssm-plugin/package.zip' -DestinationPath '{{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/ssm-plugin/package' -Force"
@@ -150 +150 @@ Windows
-          python {{Env.File.StartSession}} {{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/session-manager-plugin
+          python "{{Env.File.StartSession}}" "{{Session.WorkingDirectory}}/ssm-plugin/package/bin/session-manager-plugin.exe"