Document history for the AWS CloudShell User Guide

Recent updates

The following table describes important changes to the AWS CloudShell User Guide.

Change	Description	Date
Amazon VPC support for AWS CloudShell in certain Regions	Added support for creating and using AWS CloudShell VPC environments in certain Regions.	June 13, 2024
New tutorials have been added to the AWS CloudShell User Guide	Two new tutorials have been added that details how to build a Docker container inside AWS CloudShell and push it to an Amazon ECR repository, and how to deploy a Lambda function via AWS CDK.	December 27, 2023
Docker containers supported with AWS CloudShell in certain Regions	Support for Docker containers with AWS CloudShell has been added in certain Regions.	December 27, 2023
AWS CloudShell has migrated to now use Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023)	AWS CloudShell now uses AL2023 and has migrated from Amazon Linux 2.	December 4, 2023
New AWS Regions for AWS CloudShell	AWS CloudShell is now generally available in the following AWS Regions: US West (N. California) Africa (Cape Town) Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Asia Pacific (Osaka) Asia Pacific (Seoul) Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Asia Pacific (Singapore) Europe (Paris) Europe (Stockholm) Europe (Milan) Middle East (Bahrain) Middle East (UAE)	June 16, 2023
Launch AWS CloudShell on the Console Toolbar	Launch CloudShell on the Console Toolbar, on the lower left of the console by choosing CloudShell.	March 28, 2023
New AWS Regions for AWS CloudShell	AWS CloudShell is now available in the following AWS Regions: Canada (Central) Europe (London) South America (São Paulo)	October 6, 2022
AWS CloudShell supported in US AWS GovCloud	AWS CloudShell is now supported in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region.	June 29, 2022
Security FAQs	Additional FAQs focused on security issues.	April 14, 2022
Web Sockets	Added section to network requirements that explains CloudShell's use of the WebSocket protocol.	March 21, 2022
Troubleshooting arrow keys in PowerShell	Follow the steps to fix arrow keys that incorrectly output letters when pressed.	February 7, 2022
Tab key autocomplete	New documentation that explains how to use bash-completion, which allows the autocompletion of partially typed commands or arguments by pressing the Tab key.	September 24, 2021
Specifying AWS Regions	Documentation on specifying default AWS Region for AWS CLI commands.	May 11, 2021
Formatting in PDF and Kindle versions	Fixed image sizes and text in table cells.	March 10, 2021
General availability (GA) release of AWS CloudShell in selected AWS Regions	AWS CloudShell is now generally available in the following AWS Regions: US East (Ohio) US East (N. Virginia) US West (Oregon) Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Europe (Ireland) Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Asia Pacific (Sydney) Europe (Frankfurt)	December 15, 2020