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AWS::DirectoryService::MicrosoftAD - Remove Password and Initialize with a Random Value
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Description
The current situation is a disaster:
- I'm forced to provide a password
- I cannot rotate the password through CloudFormation without triggering replacement
- If I rotate the password in the UI (as instructed), I have to keep track of the original password in the event I need to make **any** other update to the stack (otherwise I trigger a replacement). Where am I supposed to keep that password?
I believe this attribute should be deprecated and removed. Directory Services should be initialized with a random password and users should reset the password through the UI (or a different API).
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Security, Identity, & Compliance
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the AWS::DirectoryService::MicrosoftAD resource behavior described in the issue, especially password initialization, rotation, and replacement. Done would mean the resource can initialize with a random password and subsequent password changes do not require retaining the original value or trigger replacement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws
- Domain
- authentication, cloud, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100