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AWS opensearch-service documentation change

Service: opensearch-service · 2025-08-28 · Documentation low

File: opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/configure-client-ddb.md

Summary

Removed DynamoDB and S3 access policy examples for data pipeline

Security assessment

Deletion of data access policy examples reduces documentation about secure data handling practices but doesn't fix a security issue. Impacts guidance for proper resource permissions.

Diff

diff --git a/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/configure-client-ddb.md b/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/configure-client-ddb.md
index cb032f2a9..fbea90a4e 100644
--- a//opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/configure-client-ddb.md
+++ b//opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/configure-client-ddb.md
@@ -51,61 +50,0 @@ After you have your DynamoDB table set up, [set up the pipeline role](./pipeline
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-    {
-        "Version": "2012-10-17",
-        "Statement": [
-            {
-                "Sid": "allowRunExportJob",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": [
-                    "dynamodb:DescribeTable",
-                    "dynamodb:DescribeContinuousBackups",
-                    "dynamodb:ExportTableToPointInTime"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws:dynamodb::111122223333:table/my-table"
-                ]
-            },
-            {
-                "Sid": "allowCheckExportjob",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": [
-                    "dynamodb:DescribeExport"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws:dynamodb::111122223333:table/my-table/export/*"
-                ]
-            },
-            {
-                "Sid": "allowReadFromStream",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": [
-                    "dynamodb:DescribeStream",
-                    "dynamodb:GetRecords",
-                    "dynamodb:GetShardIterator"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws:dynamodb::111122223333:table/my-table/stream/*"
-                ]
-            },
-            {
-                "Sid": "allowReadAndWriteToS3ForExport",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": [
-                    "s3:GetObject",
-                    "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
-                    "s3:PutObject",
-                    "s3:PutObjectAcl"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/export-folder/*"
-                ]
-            }
-        ]
-    }
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