AWS res documentation change
Summary
Added security note about using different passwords for Admin and Service accounts and updated CloudFormation template URL
Security assessment
This adds security best practice documentation about maintaining separate passwords for different accounts to enforce security boundaries, but does not indicate a specific security vulnerability being fixed.
Diff
diff --git a/res/archive/release-minus-1/ug/create-external-resources.md b/res/archive/release-minus-1/ug/create-external-resources.md index 738ddcd91..bc9e66225 100644 --- a//res/archive/release-minus-1/ug/create-external-resources.md +++ b//res/archive/release-minus-1/ug/create-external-resources.md @@ -19 +19 @@ Make sure you are in your administrator account. - 2. Launch [ the template](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/quickcreate?templateURL=https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-hpc-recipes/main/recipes/res/res_demo_env/assets/bi.yaml) in the console. + 2. Launch [ the template](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/quickcreate?templateURL=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Faws-hpc-recipes%2Fmain%2Frecipes%2Fres%2Fres_demo_env%2Fassets%2Fbi.yaml) in the console. @@ -24,0 +25,4 @@ If you are deploying in an AWS GovCloud Region, launch the template in your GovC +###### Important + +Use different values for `AdminPassword` and `ServiceAccountPassword` to maintain proper security boundaries between these accounts. +