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AWS msk documentation change

Service: msk · 2025-02-27 · Documentation low

File: msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.md

Summary

Changed 'IAM roles' to 'IAM identities' in Kafka ACL context

Security assessment

The change is a terminology update from 'roles' to 'identities' without any security implications.

Diff

diff --git a/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.md
index 4e8dc3aa6..6d870c066 100644
--- a/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.md
+++ b/msk/latest/developerguide/iam-access-control.md
@@ -23 +23 @@ The `allow.everyone.if.no.acl.found` Apache Kafka setting has no effect if your
-You can invoke Apache Kafka ACL APIs for an MSK cluster that uses IAM access control. However, Apache Kafka ACLs have no effect on authorization for IAM roles. You must use IAM policies to control access for IAM roles.
+You can invoke Apache Kafka ACL APIs for an MSK cluster that uses IAM access control. However, Apache Kafka ACLs have no effect on authorization for IAM identities. You must use IAM policies to control access for IAM identities.