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AWS parallelcluster documentation change

Service: parallelcluster · 2025-10-01 · Documentation low

File: parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md

Summary

Added deprecation warning for LoginNodes/Pools/Ssh/KeyName configuration parameter

Security assessment

The change announces deprecation of an SSH key configuration parameter but does not indicate any active security vulnerability or weakness. Deprecation appears to be part of normal API evolution rather than security remediation.

Diff

diff --git a/parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md b/parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md
index 9e6420921..b153cb57e 100644
--- a//parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md
+++ b//parallelcluster/latest/ug/LoginNodes-v3.md
@@ -208,0 +209,4 @@ Specifies the `ssh` key used to log in into the login nodes. If not specified, t
+###### Important
+
+Deprecated – The configuration parameter `LoginNodes/Pools/Ssh/KeyName` has been deprecated, and it will be removed in future releases. The CLI now returns a warning message when it is used in the cluster configuration. See [ https://github.com/aws/aws-parallelcluster/issues/6811](https://github.com/aws/aws-parallelcluster/issues/6811) for details.
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