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15 August 2014

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The Utoolity team is pleased to present Tasks for AWS 2.4 – this release adds shared AWS security credentials management by integrating with Identity Federation for AWS (Bamboo), persists credentials of type Inline through the Bamboo EncryptionService API, and adds support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Server Core solution stacks in AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments.

Highlights of this release:

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Shared AWS security credentials management

You can now manage AWS security credentials centrally by means of an integration with the Identity Federation for AWS (Bamboo) add-on:

  • add long-term AWS security credentials (IAM users) once, configure AWS access for Atlassian groups with temporary credentials and fine grained permissions via IAM Policies thereafter (Identity Broker)
  • grant easy access to AWS resources directly via menu links to the AWS Management Console (see the User's Guide for details)
    • (lightbulb) this can optionally include access to your elastic agents for administrators (or any other group with access to the resp. AWS Connector)
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Usage of Identity Federation for AWS is forever free for Tasks for AWS licensees.
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Improved security of Inline credentials persistence

AWS security credentials of type Inline are now persisted through the Bamboo EncryptionService API.

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Please note that the Bamboo Encryption API naming is misleading for the time being - as properly phrased in the method details, these just provide means to obfuscate sensitive data. Real encryption is available by using the integration with the Identity Federation for AWS (Bamboo) instead.


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Support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Server Core solution stacks in the AWS Elastic Beanstalk tasks

The available solution stacks have been updated to include the latest versions, notably including the recently introduced Windows Server 2012 R2 and Server Core stacks, see the resp. announcement and related posts:

Details

This release addresses the following issues:

  • Stories
    • TAWS-39 (UAA-5) - As a user, I want to manage AWS credentials centrally so that I do not need to enter them for every task
  • Improvements
    • TAWS-366 - Update available Elastic Beanstalk solution stacks 20140806
    • TAWS-281 (UAA-5) - Adjust task credentials storage to facilitate Bamboo EncryptionService API
  • Bugs
    • TAWS-335 - Fix regressions on task execution on remote agents
    • TAWS-298 - Verify add-on working after disable/enable cycle (own as well as IFAWS)
    • TAWS-283 - Fix unhelpful error message 'Encountered internal plugin error'