EC2Config version history

Fixed issue where RSS configuration was set incorrectly for some instance types.

New version of SSM Agent 3.3.484.0.

Limit domain name devolution based on registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters\DomainNameDevolutionLevel.

New version of SSM Agent 3.2.1630.0.

Added retry capability for discovering console port.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.2282.0.

Updated AWS Core SDK to version 3.7.103.23.

Fixed issue where the AWS-UpdateEC2Config SSM document fails to update EC2Config on instances enabled with only IMDSv2.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.2144.0.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.1927.0.

Fixed issue where ephemeral volumes are incorrectly identified on r5d and i4i instance families.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.1856.0.

Updated to use PCI segment information to select the console port.

Signed PowerShell scripts and added copyright headers.

Fixed primary network adapter selection logic.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.1732.0.

Updated IMDS wait logic to make only IMDSv2 requests.

Added libec2launch.dll launch-agent shared library.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.1188.0.

Added wait logic to ensure full initialization of NIC before use.

New version of Log4Net 2.0.14.0 picks up security patch.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.1045.0 picks up security patch.

Fixed issue where userdata crashes when the Temp folder is missing.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.804.0.

Fixed issue to correctly compute diskpart script path.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.338.0.

Updated Install-EgpuManagerConfig with IMDS v2 support.

Updated web links to use https.

New version of SSM Agent 3.1.282.0

Fixed IMDS version 1 fallback logic

Updated all usage of Windows temp directory to EC2Config temp directory

New version of SSM Agent 3.0.1124.0

Added support for SSM document schema version 2.2 in EC2ConfigUpdater

Added Amazon Nitro Enclaves package version to console log

New version of SSM Agent 3.0.529.0

Removed all links in the settings UI

This is the last EC2Config version that supports Windows Server 2008.

Fixed security issue related to Ec2ConfigMonitor scheduled task

Fixed drive letter mapping issue and incorrect ephemeral disk count

Added OsCurrentBuild and OsReleaseId to console output

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.871.0

Fixed IMDS version 1 fallback logic

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.842.0

Added support for IMDS v2

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.814.0

Fixed issue detecting COM port for Windows Server 2008 R2 on metal instances

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.722.0

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.634.0

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.542.0

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.444.0

Added plugin for setting the monitor to never turn off to fix ACPI issues

SQL Server edition and version written to console

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.415.0

Drive Letter Mapping description updated to better align to functionality

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.372.0

Increased wait time for primary NIC

Added default configuration for RSS and Receive Queue settings for ENA devices

Disabled hibernation during Sysprep

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.344.0

Upgraded Amazon SDK to 3.3.29.13

Improvements made to instance hibernation

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.235.0

Added route 169.254.169.253/32 for DNS server

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.193.0

Added signing for all EC2Config related binaries

New version of SSM Agent 2.3.136.0

New version of SSM Agent (2.3.50.0)

Added route 169.254.169.123/32 to AMZN time service

Added route 169.254.169.249/32 to GRID license service

Fixed an issue causing EBS NVMe volumes to be marked as ephemeral

New version of SSM Agent (2.2.355.0)

Fixed an issue on M5 and C5 instances (unable to find PV drivers)

Add console logging for instance type, newest PV drivers, and NVMe drivers

New version of SSM Agent (2.2.120.0)

Added COM port discovery on Amazon EC2 bare metal instances

Added Hyper-V status logging on Amazon EC2 bare metal instances

New version of SSM Agent (2.2.24.0)

Added the Elastic GPU plugin for GPU instances

New version of SSM Agent (2.0.879.0)

Fixed the CloudWatch Logs directory path for Windows Server 2003

New version of SSM Agent (2.0.847.0)

Fixed the issue with important.txt being generated in EBS volumes.

New version of SSM Agent (2.0.834.0)

Fixed the issue with drive letter not being mapped from Z: for ephemeral drives.

New version of SSM Agent (2.0.822.0)

[Bug] This version is not a valid update target from SSM Agent v4.9.1775.

New version of SSM Agent (2.0.796.0)

Fixed an issue with output/error redirection for admin userdata execution.

New version of SSM Agent (2.0.790.0)

Fixed problems with attaching multiple EBS volumes to an Amazon EC2 instance.

Improved CloudWatch to take a configuration path, keeping the backwards compatibility.

New version of SSM Agent (2.0.672.0)

Fixed agent update issue with v4.3, v4.4, and v4.5

Run Command, State Manager, the CloudWatch agent, and domain join support have been moved into another agent called SSM Agent. SSM Agent will be installed as part of the EC2Config upgrade. For more information, see EC2Config and Amazon Systems Manager.

If you have a proxy set up in EC2Config, you will need to update your proxy settings for SSM Agent before upgrading. If you do not update the proxy settings, you will not be able to use Run Command to manage your instances. To avoid this, see the following information before updating to the newer version: Installing and Configuring SSM Agent on Windows Instances in the Amazon Systems Manager User Guide.

If you previously enabled CloudWatch integration on your instances by using a local configuration file (AWS.EC2.Windows.CloudWatch.json), you will need to configure the file to work with SSM Agent.

Re-enabled activation plugin for instances with old Amazon KMS configuration. Skip activation for BYOL users.

Change default TRIM behavior to be disabled during disk format operation and added FormatWithTRIM for overriding InitializeDisks plugin with userdata.

Fix to reliably add routes to the primary network adapter.

Updates to improve support for Amazon services.

Fixes duplicate system logs appearing when filters set to same category.

Fixes to prevent from hanging during disk initialization.

Fix to gracefully handle reboot when running commands/scripts.

Fix to reliably cancel running commands.

Add support for (optionally) uploading MSI logs to S3 when installing applications via Systems Manager Run Command.

Fixes to enable RDP thumbprint generation for Windows Server 2003.

Fixes to include timezone and UTC offset in the EC2Config log lines.

Systems Manager support to run Run Command commands in parallel.

Roll back previous change to bring partitioned disks online.

Fix Systems Manager configuration failures when installing MSI applications.

Fix to reliably bring storage disks online.

Updates to improve support for Amazon services.

Fix in post Sysprep script to leave the configuration of windows update in a default state.

Fix the password generation plugin to improve the reliability in getting GPO password policy settings.

Restrict EC2Config/SSM log folder permissions to the local Administrators group.

Updates to improve support for Amazon services.

Fixed an issue with CloudWatch that prevented logs from getting uploaded when not on primary drive.

Improved the disk initialization process by adding retry logic.

Added improved error handling when the SetPassword plugin occasionally failed during AMI creation.

Updates to improve support for Amazon services.

Improvements to the ec2config-cli utility for config testing and troubleshooting within instance.

Avoid adding static routes for Amazon KMS and meta-data service on an OpenVPN adapter.

Fixed an issue where user-data execution was not honoring the "persist" tag.

Improved error handling when logging to the EC2 console is not available.

Updates to improve support for Amazon services.

Windows activation reliability fix to first use link local address 169.254.0.250/251 for activating windows via Amazon KMS

Improved proxy handling for Systems Manager, Windows Activation and Domain Join scenarios

Fixed an issue where duplicate lines of user accounts were added to the Sysprep answer file

Addressed a scenario where the CloudWatch plugin may consume excessive CPU and memory reading Windows Event Logs

Added a link to the CloudWatch configuration documentation in the EC2Config Settings UI

Fixes to EC2Config when used in combination with VM-Import.

Fixed service naming issue in the WiX installer.

Improved exception handling for Systems Manager and domain join failures.

Change to support Systems Manager SSM schema versioning.

Fixed formatting ephemeral disks on Win2K3.

Change to support configuring disk size greater than 2TB.

Reduced virtual memory usage by setting GC mode to default.

Support for downloading artifacts from UNC path in aws:psModule and aws:application plugin.

Improved logging for Windows activation plugin.

Performance improvements by delay loading Systems Manager SSM assemblies.

Improved exception handling for malformed sysprep2008.xml.

Command line support for Systems Manager "Apply" configuration.

Change to support domain join when there is a pending computer rename.

Support for optional parameters in the aws:applications plugin.

Support for command array in aws:psModule plugin.

Enable support for Systems Manager.

Automatically domain join EC2 Windows instances to an Amazon directory via Systems Manager.

Configure and upload CloudWatch logs/metrics via Systems Manager.

Install PowerShell modules via Systems Manager.

Install MSI applications via Systems Manager.

Added scheduled task to recover EC2Config from service startup failures.

Improvements to the Console log error messages.

Updates to improve support for Amazon services.

Fixed an issue with large memory consumption in some cases when the CloudWatch Logs feature is enabled.

Fixed an upgrade bug so that ec2config versions lower than 2.1.19 can now upgrade to latest.

Updated COM port opening exception to be more friendly and useful in logs.

Ec2configServiceSettings UI disabled resizing and fixed the attribution and version display placement in UI.

Handled NullPointerException while querying a registry key for determining Windows Sysprep state which returned null occasionally.

Freed up unmanaged resources in finally block.

Removed configuring CloudWatch Logs settings through UI.

Enable users to define CloudWatch Logs settings in %ProgramFiles%\Amazon\Ec2ConfigService\Settings\AWS.EC2.Windows.CloudWatch.json file to allow future enhancements.

Fixes Windows OS version check in EC2Config Installer to support Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later.

Fixes null value handling when reading registry keys related to updating Sysprep config files.

Added support for EC2Config to run during Sysprep execution for Windows 2008 and greater.

Improved exception handling and logging for better diagnostics

Reduced the load on the instance and on CloudWatch Logs when uploading log events.

Addressed an upgrade issue where the CloudWatch Logs plug-in did not always stay enabled

Added support to upload logs to CloudWatch Log Service.

Fixed a race condition issue in Ec2OutputRDPCert plug-in

Changed EC2Config Service recovery option to Restart from TakeNoAction

Added more exception information when EC2Config Crashes

Fixed a typo in PostSysprep.cmd

Fixed the bug which EC2Config does not pin itself onto start menu for OS2012+

Added option to install EC2Config without service starting immediately upon install. To use, run 'Ec2Install.exe start=false' from the command prompt

Added parameter in wallpaper plugin to control adding/removing wallpaper. To use, run 'Ec2WallpaperInfo.exe set' or 'Ec2WallpaperInfo.exe revert' from the command prompt

Added checking for RealTimeIsUniversal key, output incorrect settings of the RealTimeIsUniveral registry key to the Console

Removed EC2Config dependency on Windows temp folder

Removed UserData execution dependency on .Net 3.5

Added check to service stop behavior to check that resources are being released

Fixed issue with long execution times when joined to domain

Updated Installer to allow upgrades from older versions

Fixed Ec2WallpaperInfo bug in .Net4.5 only environment

Fixed intermittent driver detection bug

Added silent install option. Execute Ec2Install.exe with the '-q' option. eg: 'Ec2Install.exe -q'

Added support for .Net4 and .Net4.5 only environments

Updated Installer

Added ephemeral disk labeling support when using Intel network driver (eg. C3 instance Type). For more information, see Enhanced networking on Amazon EC2 instances.

Added AMI Origin Version and AMI Origin Name support to the console output

Made changes to the Console Output for consistent formatting/parsing

Updated Help File

Added EC2Config WMI Object for Completion notification (-Namespace root\Amazon -Class EC2_ConfigService)

Improved Performance of Startup WMI query with large Event Logs; could cause prolonged high CPU during initial execution

Fixed UserData execution issue with Standard Output and Standard Error buffer filling

Fixed incorrect RDP thumbprint sometimes appearing in Console Output for >= w2k8 OS

Console Output now contains 'RDPCERTIFICATE-SubjectName:' for Windows 2008+, which contains the machine name value

Added D:\ to Drive Letter Mapping dropdown

Moved Help button to top right and changed look/feel

Added Feedback survey link to top right

General Tab includes link to EC2Config download page for new Versions

Desktop Wallpaper overlay now stored in Users Local Appdata folder instead of My Documents to support MyDoc redirection

MSSQLServer name sync'd with system in Post-Sysprep script (2008+)

Reordered Application Folder (moved files to Plugin directory and removed duplicate files)

Changed System Log Output (Console):

*Moved to a date, name, value format for easier parsing (Please start migrating dependencies to new format)

*Added 'Ec2SetPassword' plugin status

*Added Sysprep Start and End times

Fixed issue of Ephemeral Disks not being labeled as 'Temporary Storage' for non-english Operating Systems

Fixed EC2Config Uninstall failure after running Sysprep

Optimized requests to the Metadata service

Metadata now bypass Proxy Settings

Ephemeral Disks labeled as 'Temporary Storage' and Important.txt placed on volume when found (Citrix PV drivers only). For more information, see Upgrade PV drivers on EC2 Windows instances.

Ephemeral Disks assigned drive letters from Z to A (Citrix PV drivers only) - assignment can be overwritten using Drive Letter Mapping plugin with Volume labels 'Temporary Storage X' where x is a number 0-25)

UserData now runs immediately following 'Windows is Ready'

Desktop wallpaper will display hostname by default

Removed dependency on Windows Time service

Route added in cases where multiple IPs are assigned to a single interface

Changes made to Ec2Activation Plugin

-Verifies Activation status every 30 days

-If Grace Period has 90 days remaining (out of 180), reattempts activation

Desktop wallpaper overlay no longer persists with Sysprep or Shutdown without Sysprep

Userdata option to run on every service start with <persist>true</persist>

Changed location and name of /DisableWinUpdate.cmd to /Scripts/PostSysprep.cmd

Administrator password set to not expire by default in /Scripts/PostSysprep.cmd

Uninstall will remove EC2Config PostSysprep script from c:\windows\setup\script\CommandComplete.cmd

Add Route supports custom interface metrics

OS Version and language identifier written to console

EC2Config version written to console

PV driver version written to console

Detection of Bug Check and output to the console on next boot when found

Option added to config.xml to persist Sysprep credentials

Add Route Retry logic in cases of ENI being unavailable at start

User Data execution PID written to console

Minimum generated password length retrieved from GPO

Set service start to retry 3 attempts

Added S3_DownloadFile.ps1 and S3_Upload file.ps1 examples to /Scripts folder

Version information added to General tab

Renamed the Bundle tab to Image

Simplified the process of specifying passwords and moved the password-related UI from the General tab to the Image tab

Renamed the Disk Settings tab to Storage

Added a Support tab with common tools for troubleshooting

Windows Server 2003 sysprep.ini set to extend OS partition by default

Added the private IP address to the wallpaper

Private IP address displayed on wallpaper

Added retry logic for Console output

Fixed Com port exception for metadata accessibility -- caused EC2Config to terminate before console output is displayed

Checks for activation status on every boot -- activates as necessary

Fixed issue of relative paths -- caused when manually executing wallpaper shortcut from startup folder; pointing to Administrator/logs

Fixed default background color for Windows Server 2003 user (other than Administrator)

Console timestamps in UTC (Zulu)

Removed appearance of hyperlink on Sysprep tab

Addition of feature to dynamically expand Root Volume on first boot for Windows 2008+

When Set-Password is enabled, now automatically enables EC2Config to set the password

EC2Config checks activation status prior to running Sysprep (presents warning if not activated)

Windows Server 2003 Sysprep.xml now defaults to UTC timezone instead of Pacific

Randomized Activation Servers

Renamed Drive Mapping tab to Disk Settings

Moved Initialize Drives UI items from General to the Disk Settings tab

Help button now points to HTML help file

Updated HTML help file with changes

Updated 'Note' text for Drive Letter Mappings

Added InstallUpdates.ps1 to /Scripts folder for automating Patches and cleanup prior to Sysprep

Desktop wallpaper displays instance information by default upon first logon (not disconnect/reconnect)

PowerShell can be run from the userdata by surrounding the code with <powershell></powershell>