diff --git a/builtin/credential/aws-ec2/backend.go b/builtin/credential/aws-ec2/backend.go index 11f07ed1cd..af9bc86f27 100644 --- a/builtin/credential/aws-ec2/backend.go +++ b/builtin/credential/aws-ec2/backend.go @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (b *backend) periodicFunc(req *logical.Request) error { } const backendHelp = ` -AWS-EC2 auth backend takes in PKCS#7 signature of an AWS EC2 instance and a client +aws-ec2 auth backend takes in PKCS#7 signature of an AWS EC2 instance and a client created nonce to authenticates the EC2 instance with Vault. Authentication is backed by a preconfigured role in the backend. The role diff --git a/website/source/docs/auth/aws-ec2.html.md b/website/source/docs/auth/aws-ec2.html.md index b85f5a2452..34c14c34f0 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/auth/aws-ec2.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/auth/aws-ec2.html.md @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ layout: "docs" page_title: "Auth Backend: AWS-EC2" sidebar_current: "docs-auth-aws-ec2" description: |- - The AWS-EC2 backend allows automated authentication of AWS EC2 instances. + The aws-ec2 backend allows automated authentication of AWS EC2 instances. --- # Auth Backend: aws-ec2 -The AWS-EC2 auth backend provides a secure introduction mechanism for AWS EC2 +The aws-ec2 auth backend provides a secure introduction mechanism for AWS EC2 instances, allowing automated retrieval of a Vault token. Unlike most Vault authentication backends, this backend does not require first-deploying, or provisioning security-sensitive credentials (tokens, username/password, client