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AWS res documentation change

Service: res · 2026-06-22 · Documentation low

File: res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/launch-the-product.md

Summary

Added Amazon Linux 2023 to supported AMIs and new IAM resource parameters

Security assessment

The change documents new IAM resource management options (prefix/path) which are security features for resource isolation and organization. However, there is no evidence of a specific security vulnerability being fixed.

Diff

diff --git a/res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/launch-the-product.md b/res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/launch-the-product.md
index 16a9384db..420099085 100644
--- a//res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/launch-the-product.md
+++ b//res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/launch-the-product.md
@@ -43 +43 @@ AdministratorEmail |  | The email address for the user completing setup of the p
-InfrastructureHostAMI | ami-`[numbers or letters only]` | _(Optional)_ You may provide a custom AMI id to use for all the infrastructure hosts. The current supported OSes are Amazon Linux 2, RHEL8, RHEL9, Windows Server 2019 and 2022 (x86), and Windows 10 and 11. For more information, see [Prepare Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)](./prerequisites.html#prep-ami).  
+InfrastructureHostAMI | ami-`[numbers or letters only]` | _(Optional)_ You may provide a custom AMI id to use for all the infrastructure hosts. The current supported OSes are Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023, RHEL8, RHEL9, Windows Server 2019 and 2022 (x86), and Windows 10 and 11. For more information, see [Prepare Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)](./prerequisites.html#prep-ami).  
@@ -47,0 +48,2 @@ IAMPermissionBoundary |  | _(Optional)_ You may provide a managed policy ARN tha
+IAMResourcePrefix |  | _(Optional)_ A prefix applied to your IAM resources deployed by the RES environment ending with `-`, no longer than 12 characters.  
+IAMResourcePath | `/` | _(Optional)_ A path applied to your IAM resources deployed by the RES environment that starts and ends with `/`.