This is the user guide for Amazon Inspector Classic. For information about the
new Amazon Inspector, see the Amazon Inspector User
Guide. To access the Amazon Inspector Classic console, open the Amazon Inspector console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/inspector/
Document history
The following table describes the documentation release history of Amazon Inspector Classic after May 2018.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Amazon Inspector Classic is set to be retired on January X. You can continue to monitor your resources using the new Amazon Inspector service. See Moving to the new Amazon Inspector . | January 1, 2024 | |
Updated security best practices for passwords | The Amazon Inspector Classic security best practice requirements for EC2 instance password length and password complexity have been updated. See Configure password minimum length and Configure password complexity | March 8, 2021 |
Amazon Inspector Classic now supports the following operating system versions: Ubunti 20.4 LTS, Debian 10.x, RHEL 8.x, and Windows Server 2019 Base. | October 15, 2020 | |
Security information consolidated into a new security chapter | Security information for Amazon Inspector Classic, including information on managing identity and access management, is consolidated into a security chapter. See Security in Amazon Inspector Classic. | April 7, 2020 |
Updated documentation to remove support for the Runtime Behavior Analysis rules package. | Multiple topics were updated to remove information about the Runtime Behavior Analysis rules package, which is no longer supported. | September 5, 2019 |
Added OS Support | Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for CentOS 7.6. For more information, see Amazon Inspector Classic Supported Operating Systems and Regions and Rules Packages Availability Across Supported Operating Systems. | December 3, 2018 |
New content | Added the Amazon Inspector Classic Network Reachability rules package, which allows users to run agentless assessments that analyze network configuration for security vulnerabilities. For more information, see Network Reachability. | November 9, 2018 |
Added OS Support | Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for RHEL 7.6. For more information, see Amazon Inspector Classic Supported Operating Systems and Regions and Rules Packages Availability Across Supported Operating Systems. | October 30, 2018 |
Added OS support | Added support for various operating systems to the CIS Benchmark rules package. For more information, see Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks and Rules Packages Availability Across Supported Operating Systems. | August 13, 2018 |
Added Region support | Added Region support for | June 13, 2018 |
The following table describes the documentation release history of Amazon Inspector Classic before June 2018.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| New content |
Added the ability to target all Amazon EC2 instances in an account. For more information, see Amazon Inspector Classic assessment targets. |
May 24, 2018 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for Amazon Linux 2018.03 and Ubuntu 18.04. |
May 15, 2018 |
| New content |
Added ability to set up recurring Amazon Inspector Classic assessments. |
April 30, 2018 |
| New content |
Added ability to install an Amazon Inspector Classic agent through the console. |
April 30, 2018 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for Amazon Linux 2. |
March 13, 2018 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic assessment support for Windows Server 2016 Base. |
February 20, 2018 |
| Added Region support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for the |
February 7, 2018 |
| New content |
Amazon Inspector Classic assessments can now run when the kernel module is unavailable. |
January 11, 2018 |
| Added Region support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for the |
December 19, 2017 |
| New content |
Added ability to check Amazon Inspector Classic agent health with the Amazon Inspector Classic API and console. |
December 15, 2017 |
| New content |
Added the following features:
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December 5, 2017 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic assessment support for CentOS 7.4. |
November 9, 2017 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic assessment support for Amazon Linux 2017.09. |
October 11, 2017 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic assessment support for RHEL 7.4. |
February 20, 2018 |
| Added HIPAA eligibility |
Amazon Inspector Classic is now HIPAA eligible. |
July 31, 2017 |
| New content |
Added ability to automatically trigger Amazon Inspector Classic security assessment with Amazon CloudWatch Events. |
July 27, 2017 |
| Added Region support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for the |
June 6, 2018 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic assessment support for RHEL 6.2-6.9, RHEL 7.2-7.3, CentOS 6.9, and CentOS 7.2-7.3. |
May 23, 2017 |
| Added OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic assessment support for Amazon Linux 2017.03. |
April 25, 2017 |
| New content and added OS support |
Added:
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January 5, 2017 |
| New OS support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for Microsoft Windows. |
August 26, 2016 |
| Added Region support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for the |
August 26, 2016 |
| Added Region support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for the |
April 25, 2016 |
| Added Region support |
Added Amazon Inspector Classic support for the |
April 25, 2016 |
| Service launch |
Amazon Inspector Classic serviced launched. |
Oct 7, 2015 |
