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AWS msk documentation change

Service: msk · 2025-07-18 · Documentation low

File: msk/latest/developerguide/create-topic.md

Summary

Added explicit Kafka version export example and updated IAM client library link

Security assessment

Operational documentation improvements for version management. Link update to 'latest' release doesn't indicate security fixes. No security features or vulnerabilities addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/msk/latest/developerguide/create-topic.md b/msk/latest/developerguide/create-topic.md
index d5fec05b8..1c801700d 100644
--- a//msk/latest/developerguide/create-topic.md
+++ b//msk/latest/developerguide/create-topic.md
@@ -58,0 +59,4 @@ Apache Kafka version numbers used in this tutorial are examples only. We recomme
+For example, if you're using version 3.6.0, use the following command.
+        
+                export KAFKA_VERSION=3.6.0
+
@@ -65,4 +68,0 @@ Apache Kafka version numbers used in this tutorial are examples only. We recomme
-For example, if your MSK cluster uses Apache Kafka version 3.6.0, run the following command.
-        
-                wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.6.0/kafka_2.13-3.6.0.tgz
-
@@ -89 +89 @@ The following list presents some alternative Kafka download information that you
-    1. [Find the latest version](https://github.com/aws/aws-msk-iam-auth/releases) of the Amazon MSK IAM client library. This library allows your client machine to access the MSK cluster using IAM authentication.
+    1. [Find the latest version](https://github.com/aws/aws-msk-iam-auth/releases/latest) of the Amazon MSK IAM client library. This library allows your client machine to access the MSK cluster using IAM authentication.