Document history
This topic describes significant updates to the AWS CloudHSM User Guide.
Recent updates
The following table describes significant changes to this documentation since April 2018. In addition to major changes listed here, we also update the documentation frequently to improve the descriptions and examples, and to address the feedback you send us. To be notified about significant changes, use the link in the upper right corner to subscribe to the RSS feed.
For details on new releases, see Downloads for AWS CloudHSM Client SDK
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.14.0. | November 26, 2024 | |
Added support for creating (hsm2m.medium) in FIPS mode clusters. | August 20, 2024 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.13.0. | August 13, 2024 | |
Launched a new HSM type (hsm2m.medium) and a new cluster mode (non-FIPS). | June 10, 2024 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.12.0. | March 20, 2024 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.11.0. | January 17, 2024 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.10.0. | July 28, 2023 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.9.0. | May 23, 2023 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.8.0. | March 16, 2023 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.7.0. | November 16, 2022 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.6.0. | September 1, 2022 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.5.0. | May 13, 2022 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.4.2. | March 18, 2022 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.4.1. | February 10, 2022 | |
Released the AWS CloudHSM JCE provider version 5.4.0 for Windows platforms. | February 1, 2022 | |
Released the AWS CloudHSM client version 5.4.0, which adds initial support for the JCE provider for all Linux platforms. | January 28, 2022 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.3.0. | January 3, 2022 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.4.4. | January 3, 2022 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.4.3. | December 20, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.4.2. | December 15, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.4.1. | December 10, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.2.1. | October 4, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.4.0. | August 25, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.2.0. | August 3, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.3.2. | July 2, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.1.0. | June 1, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.3.1. | April 26, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.0.1. | April 8, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 5.0.0. | March 12, 2021 | |
Added interface VPC endpoint, an AWS feature that allows you to create a private connection between your VPC and AWS CloudHSM without requiring access over the internet or through a NAT device, a VPN connection, or an AWS Direct Connect connection. | February 10, 2021 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.3.0. | February 3, 2021 | |
Added managed backup retention, a feature that automatically deletes old backups. | November 18, 2020 | |
Added a compliance report that analyzes the AWS CloudHSM Client SDK 3.2.1 implementation of the PKCS #11 library with the PKCS #11 standard. | October 29, 2020 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.2.1. | October 8, 2020 | |
Added documentation that describes key synchronization settings in AWS CloudHSM. | September 1, 2020 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.2.0. | August 31, 2020 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.1.2. | July 30, 2020 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.1.1. | June 3, 2020 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.1.0. | May 21, 2020 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.0.1. | April 20, 2020 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.0.0 for Windows Server platform. | October 30, 2019 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 3.0.0 for all platforms, except Windows. | October 22, 2019 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 2.0.4. | August 26, 2019 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 2.0.3. | May 13, 2019 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 2.0.1. | March 21, 2019 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 2.0.0. | February 6, 2019 | |
Added AWS CloudHSM support for the EU (Stockholm) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) regions. | December 19, 2018 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 1.1.2 for Windows. | November 20, 2018 | |
New content was added to the Troubleshooting guide. | November 8, 2018 | |
Released AWS CloudHSM client version 1.1.2 for Linux platforms. | November 8, 2018 | |
Added AWS CloudHSM support for the EU (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Seoul) regions. | October 24, 2018 | |
Added the ability to delete and restore AWS CloudHSM backups. | September 10, 2018 | |
Added automatic audit log delivery to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. | August 13, 2018 | |
Added the ability to copy an AWS CloudHSM cluster backup across regions. | July 30, 2018 | |
Added AWS CloudHSM support for the EU (London) region. | June 13, 2018 | |
Added AWS CloudHSM client and library support for Amazon Linux 2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, CentOS 6, CentOS 7, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. | May 10, 2018 | |
Added a Windows AWS CloudHSM client. | April 30, 2018 |
Earlier updates
The following table describes the important changes to the AWS CloudHSM prior to 2018.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| New content |
Added quorum authentication (M of N access control) for crypto officers (COs). For more information, see Using CloudHSM Management Utility (CMU) to manage quorum authentication (M of N access control). |
November 9, 2017 |
| Update |
Added documentation about using the key_mgmt_util command line tool. For more information, see Reference for AWS CloudHSM Key Management Utility commands. |
November 9, 2017 |
| New content |
Added Oracle Transparent Data Encryption. For more information, see Oracle database encryption. |
October 25, 2017 |
| New content |
Added SSL Offload. For more information, see SSL/TLS offload. |
October 12, 2017 |
| New guide |
This release introduces AWS CloudHSM |
August 14, 2017 |
