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v2.0.0 - Major Documentation Update & Open Source Release

04 Oct 08:59

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🎉 AWS SSM Automation Scripts v2.0.0

We're excited to announce the open source release of our comprehensive AWS SSM automation scripts collection!

✨ What's New in v2.0.0

📚 Documentation Overhaul

  • 590+ lines of comprehensive documentation
  • Detailed usage examples for every automation document
  • Architecture diagrams with Mermaid
  • Best practices and security guidelines
  • Installation methods for AWS CLI, CloudFormation, and Terraform

🌍 Open Source Release

  • Repository is now public for community collaboration
  • Added 15 relevant topics for better discoverability
  • Enabled discussions for community support
  • Comprehensive contribution guidelines

🔒 Enhanced Security

  • Vulnerability alerts enabled
  • Automated security fixes
  • CodeQL security scanning
  • Documented IAM permission requirements

📦 Available Automation Scripts

Infrastructure Management

  • CloudFront Distribution Management - Complete CDN lifecycle management
  • EC2 Instance Patching - Automated patching with configurable options
  • Maintenance Window Setup - SSM maintenance window configuration

Security & Compliance

  • Security Group Audit - Identify and remediate overly permissive rules
  • S3 Bucket Encryption - Enable KMS encryption on S3 buckets
  • IAM Policy Management - Streamlined role configuration

Cost Optimization

  • Cost Optimization Recommendations - Identify idle and underutilized resources
  • Resource Tagging - Enforce consistent tagging strategies

Advanced Features

  • Cross-Account Resource Management - Multi-account operations
  • Lambda Function Management - Complete function lifecycle
  • Shared Python Modules - Reusable helper functions

🚀 Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/thomasvincent/aws-ssm-automation-scripts.git

# Register an SSM document
aws ssm create-document \
  --name "EnableS3Encryption" \
  --document-type "Automation" \
  --content file://s3_encryption.yaml

# Execute the automation
aws ssm start-automation-execution \
  --document-name "EnableS3Encryption" \
  --parameters '{"BucketName":["my-bucket"],"KMSMasterKey":["key-arn"]}'

📊 Repository Stats

  • 11 SSM Automation Documents
  • 3 Shared Python Modules
  • 5 GitHub Actions Workflows
  • 100% MIT Licensed

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please check our enhanced contributing guidelines in the README.

📚 Documentation

🙏 Thank You

Special thanks to all contributors and the AWS community for making this release possible.


Full Changelog: v1.0.2...v2.0.0