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AWS redshift medium security documentation change

Service: redshift · 2025-11-22 · Security-related medium

File: redshift/latest/mgmt/serverless-migration.md

Summary

Updated links and emphasized recommendation to use GetCredentials API over GetClusterCredentials for better RBAC

Security assessment

The change explicitly recommends migrating to GetCredentials API for 'comprehensive role-based access control (RBAC) functionality', which directly relates to improving access control security. This promotes a more secure authentication method compared to the legacy approach.

Diff

diff --git a/redshift/latest/mgmt/serverless-migration.md b/redshift/latest/mgmt/serverless-migration.md
index 337b142a6..e2bb939c8 100644
--- a//redshift/latest/mgmt/serverless-migration.md
+++ b//redshift/latest/mgmt/serverless-migration.md
@@ -88 +88 @@ To establish a connection using the Amazon Redshift ODBC driver version 2.x with
-If you prefer logging in with IAM, use the Amazon Redshift Serverless [`GetCredentials`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift-serverless/latest/APIReference/API_GetCredentials.html) API operation. 
+If you prefer logging in with IAM, use the Amazon Redshift Serverless [`GetCredentials`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//redshift-serverless/latest/APIReference/API_GetCredentials.html) API operation. 
@@ -151 +151 @@ To establish a connection using the Amazon Redshift ODBC driver version 2.x with
-When connecting to Amazon Redshift Serverless, we recommend that you use the [`GetCredentials`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift-serverless/latest/APIReference/API_GetCredentials.html) API. This API offers comprehensive role-based access control (RBAC) functionality as well as other new features that aren't available in `GetClusterCredentials`. We support the `GetClusterCredentials` API to simplify the transition from provisioned clusters to serverless workgroups, but we strongly recommend migrating to using `GetCredentials` as soon as possible for optimal compatibility.
+When connecting to Amazon Redshift Serverless, we recommend that you use the [`GetCredentials`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//redshift-serverless/latest/APIReference/API_GetCredentials.html) API. This API offers comprehensive role-based access control (RBAC) functionality as well as other new features that aren't available in `GetClusterCredentials`. We support the `GetClusterCredentials` API to simplify the transition from provisioned clusters to serverless workgroups, but we strongly recommend migrating to using `GetCredentials` as soon as possible for optimal compatibility.
@@ -153 +153 @@ When connecting to Amazon Redshift Serverless, we recommend that you use the [`G
-You can establish a connection to Amazon Redshift Serverless using the [`GetClusterCredentials`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/APIReference/API_GetClusterCredentials.html) API. To implement this authentication method, modify your client or application by incorporating the following parameters:
+You can establish a connection to Amazon Redshift Serverless using the [`GetClusterCredentials`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//redshift/latest/APIReference/API_GetClusterCredentials.html) API. To implement this authentication method, modify your client or application by incorporating the following parameters: