11.1.0 CFT Changes Commit

11.1.0 CFT Changes Commit

README.md

@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ Since AWS is retiring the Classic Load Balancer (CLB) as of August 15, 2022, the
 
 The lambda functions in MarkLogic CloudFormation templates used on AWS are now configured to use Python 3.9. AWS has scheduled the end of support for Python 3.6 by July 2022.
 
+### Launch Templates and IMDSv2 support in the MarkLogic CloudFormation Templates:
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+Starting with MarkLogic 11.1.0, the MarkLogic CloudFormation Templates replaces the use of Launch Configurations with Launch Templates. This ensures that MarkLogic CFT users can make use of all of the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling features now available in Launch Templates.
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+Additionally, MarkLogic 11.1.0 adds support for IMDSv2. The IMDSv2 option is set to "required" by default in the 11.1.0 and later CFTs. In order to use MarkLogic Server AMIs before 11.1.0 with the new templates, the templates need to be modified to set IMDSv2 to "optional" as IMDSv2 is not supported in earlier versions of the MarkLogic AMI.
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