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AWS kendra documentation change

Service: kendra · 2025-07-25 · Documentation low

File: kendra/latest/dg/iam-roles.md

Summary

Updated AWS resource ARNs in IAM policy examples to standardize region references to 'us-east-1' across all policy statements

Security assessment

Changes only modify region placeholders ('your-region') to 'us-east-1' in resource ARNs and service endpoints. This appears to be documentation standardization rather than addressing security vulnerabilities. No security features added or vulnerabilities patched - simply makes example policies more consistent.

Diff

diff --git a/kendra/latest/dg/iam-roles.md b/kendra/latest/dg/iam-roles.md
index dfc88de3c..81bedcfdc 100644
--- a//kendra/latest/dg/iam-roles.md
+++ b//kendra/latest/dg/iam-roles.md
@@ -74 +74 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:your-region:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*"
@@ -83 +83 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:your-region:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*:log-stream:*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*:log-stream:*"
@@ -119 +119 @@ JSON
-             "Resource":"arn:aws:logs:your-region:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*"
@@ -128 +128 @@ JSON
-             "Resource":"arn:aws:logs:your-region:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*:log-stream:*"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:your-account-id:log-group:/aws/kendra/*:log-stream:*"
@@ -136 +136 @@ JSON
-                "arn:aws:secretsmanager:your-region:your-account-id:secret:secret-id"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:your-account-id:secret:secret-id"
@@ -145 +145 @@ JSON
-                "arn:aws:kms:your-region:your-account-id:key/key-id"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:your-account-id:key/key-id"
@@ -150 +150 @@ JSON
-                      "secretsmanager.your-region.amazonaws.com"
+                            "secretsmanager.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
@@ -289 +289 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:kms:your-region:your-account-id:key/key-id"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:your-account-id:key/key-id"
@@ -331 +331 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:secret:[[secret-id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:secret:[[secret-id]]"
@@ -340 +340 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:key/[[key-id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:key/[[key-id]]"
@@ -345 +345 @@ JSON
-              "secretsmanager.{{your-region}}.amazonaws.com"
+                            "secretsmanager.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
@@ -358 +358,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -366,2 +369,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -425 +429 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:secret:[[secret-id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:secret:[[secret-id]]"
@@ -434 +438 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:key/[[key-id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:key/[[key-id]]"
@@ -439 +443 @@ JSON
-              "secretsmanager.{{your-region}}.amazonaws.com"
+                            "secretsmanager.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
@@ -452 +456,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -460,2 +467,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -519 +527 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{111122223333}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
@@ -528 +536 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:key/[[key_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{111122223333}:key/[[key_id]]"
@@ -546 +554,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -554,2 +565,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -613 +625 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{111122223333}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
@@ -622 +634 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:key/[[key_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{111122223333}:key/[[key_id]]"
@@ -640 +652,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -648,2 +663,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -707 +723 @@ JSON
-                "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:secret:{{secret-id}}"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:secret:{{secret-id}}"
@@ -716 +732 @@ JSON
-                "arn:aws:kms:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:key/{{key-id}}"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:key/{{key-id}}"
@@ -721 +737 @@ JSON
-                    "secretsmanager.{{your-region}}.amazonaws.com"
+                            "secretsmanager.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
@@ -734 +750 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:ec2:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:subnet/[[subnet-ids]]"
+                    "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:subnet/[[subnet-ids]]"
@@ -757 +773 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:ec2:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:subnet/[[subnet-ids]]"
+                            "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:subnet/[[subnet-ids]]"
@@ -795 +811 @@ JSON
-              "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{your-region}}:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{{your-account-id}}:index/{{index-id}}"
@@ -911 +927 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:kms:your-region:your-account-id:key/key-id"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:your-account-id:key/key-id"
@@ -974 +990 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{111122223333}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
@@ -983 +999 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:key/[[key_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{111122223333}:key/[[key_id]]"
@@ -1001 +1017,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -1009,2 +1028,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -1068 +1088 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{111122223333}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
@@ -1077 +1097 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:key/[[key_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{111122223333}:key/[[key_id]]"
@@ -1095 +1115,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -1103,2 +1126,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -1162 +1186 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{111122223333}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
@@ -1171 +1195 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:key/[[key_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{111122223333}:key/[[key_id]]"
@@ -1189 +1213,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -1197,2 +1224,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -1256 +1284 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:secretsmanager:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:{111122223333}:secret:[[secret_id]]"
@@ -1265 +1293 @@ JSON
-          "arn:aws:kms:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:key/[[key_id]]"
+                    "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:{111122223333}:key/[[key_id]]"
@@ -1283 +1311,4 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": ["arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}", "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"]
+                "Resource": [
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}",
+                    "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}/data-source/*"
+                ]
@@ -1291,2 +1322,3 @@ JSON
-        "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:{{region}}:{{account_id}}:index/{{index_id}}"
-      }]
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:kendra:us-east-1:{111122223333}:index/{{index_id}}"
+            }
+        ]
@@ -1364 +1396 @@ JSON