Release 2.5

September 19, 2024

What’s New?

Connector 2.5 introduces updates to  FlexScan and bug fixes.

Enhancements to Snapshot-based Scans

With this release, we have introduced significant improvements to the Snapshot-based Scan process, focusing on performance optimization, cost reduction, and deployment efficiency.

Optimizations

The new CFT-S brings optimization to

  • cost by reducing the number of transitions on the step function. 
  • performance by introducing block device mapping for the instance scans. Reducing the scan time significantly.

Auto-deployment

With the new CloudFormation Template for service accounts (CFT-S), we have added support for auto-deployment to latest versions of CFT. This saves you from manually deploying the CFT-S in future updates. We have also added CLI deployment of the CFTs with a shell script.

Concurrent Scan Limit

The template also now supports a limit of 50 scanners for concurrent scanning without SSM limit interruptions.

Custom Domain for API Endpoints

Lastly, we have streamlined the process of adding CFT-T to new target accounts for event-based operations. You can now use a custom domain instead of copying a unique ID from the service account, eliminating the need to navigate between accounts. This change simplifies configuration, reduces potential errors, and saves time during deployment.

Added Support for New Operating Systems in Snapshot-based Scans

The new Snapshot-based Scan enhancements also come with additional OS support.

OS Version X86 X86_64 ARM64
AlmaLinux 8.3-8.7; 9.0-9.1 No Yes Yes
Amazon Linux 2023 2023.0.20230315.0 and all later versions No Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 Yes Yes No
Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS No Yes Yes

Issues Addressed

  • We fixed an issue where AWS Organization connectors returned exception errors.
  • We fixed an issue where the OCI connectors returned exception errors.