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AWS prometheus: Update AWS account sign-up guidance in AMP setup

Service: prometheus · 2026-10-21 · Documentation low

File: prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-setting-up.md

Summary

Replaces the single 'Getting started with an AWS account' link with a description of two sign-up paths: advanced sign-up for full control/regulated workloads (HIPAA, FedRAMP) and the simplified sign-up with preconfigured defaults.

Security assessment

Purely informational onboarding text about account creation options; the HIPAA/FedRAMP mention is contextual, not a security control or vulnerability fix.

Evidence

+To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use [Sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select [AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/project-regions.html), use [Sign up for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/sign-in-new.html).

Diff

diff --git a/prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-setting-up.md b/prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-setting-up.md
index 9a8c37c..02f4c5f 100644
--- a//prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-setting-up.md
+++ b//prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-setting-up.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ Sign up for an AWS account
-To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the _AWS Account Management Reference Guide_.
+To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. There are two ways to sign up for AWS. If you want complete control over account configuration and where your content is stored, or if you have regulated workloads such as HIPAA or FedRAMP, use [Sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html). If you are a new user and want to use a login you already own to sign in to AWS and create an AWS environment with preconfigured defaults in select [AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/project-regions.html), use [Sign up for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/sign-in-new.html).