Enabling automated security agent for Amazon EC2 instance - Amazon GuardDuty
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Enabling automated security agent for Amazon EC2 instance

This section includes steps to enable GuardDuty automated agent for your Amazon EC2 resources in your standalone account or a multiple-account environment.

Before you continue, make sure to follow all the Prerequisites for Amazon EC2 instance support.

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If you are migrating from managing the GuardDuty agent manually to enabling GuardDuty automated agent, then before following the steps to enable GuardDuty automated agent, see Migrating from Amazon EC2 manual agent to automated agent.