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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

logging of nested CloudFormation stack resources

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)
- this can optionally include access to your elastic agents for administrators (or any other group with access to the resp. AWS Connector)

tipUsage of Identity Federation for AWS is forever free for Tasks for AWS licensees (and within Bamboo in general for the time being).

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Improved security of Inline credentials persistence

AWS security credentials of type Inline are now persisted through the Bamboo EncryptionService API on Save for new or existing tasks.

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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 instead

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Automatic Migration

Existing task configurations are not upgraded automatically, you need to explicitly edit and save them once. Given most users want to upgrade to shared AWS credentials managed via Identity Federation for AWS instead, we felt this to be an acceptable compromise - please get in touch if your situation requires a different approach, we are willing to discuss this on a case by case base.

Logging of nested CloudFormation stack resources

Resource transition events of nested CloudFormation stacks are now logged in the Bamboo build log as well to provide immediate feedback on the actual cause of a build failure caused therein.

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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: