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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-01-16 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/auth-configmap.md

Summary

Replaced static ARN prefixes with <shared id="region.arn"/> template in multiple examples

Security assessment

Changes only modify ARN formatting examples without introducing/removing security controls. Standardizing placeholder formats doesn't indicate security fixes.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/auth-configmap.md b/eks/latest/userguide/auth-configmap.md
index cdbfdd569..c1f8965b3 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/auth-configmap.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/auth-configmap.md
@@ -60 +60 @@ An example output is as follows.
-      rolearn: arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-node-role
+      rolearn: <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-node-role
@@ -160 +160 @@ An example output is as follows.
-    arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/eksctl-my-cluster-my-nodegroup-NodeInstanceRole-1XLS7754U3ZPA    system:node:{{EC2PrivateDNSName}}       system:bootstrappers,system:nodes
+    <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/eksctl-my-cluster-my-nodegroup-NodeInstanceRole-1XLS7754U3ZPA    system:node:{{EC2PrivateDNSName}}       system:bootstrappers,system:nodes
@@ -165 +165 @@ An example output is as follows.
-        --arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role --username admin --group eks-console-dashboard-full-access-group \
+        --arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-role --username admin --group eks-console-dashboard-full-access-group \
@@ -180 +180 @@ An example output is as follows.
-        --arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/my-user --username my-user --group eks-console-dashboard-restricted-access-group \
+        --arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:user/my-user --username my-user --group eks-console-dashboard-restricted-access-group \
@@ -186 +186 @@ An example output is as follows.
-    2022-05-09 14:53:48 [ℹ]  adding identity "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/my-user" to auth ConfigMap
+    2022-05-09 14:53:48 [ℹ]  adding identity "<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:user/my-user" to auth ConfigMap
@@ -195,3 +195,3 @@ An example output is as follows.
-    arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/eksctl-my-cluster-my-nodegroup-NodeInstanceRole-1XLS7754U3ZPA    system:node:{{EC2PrivateDNSName}}       system:bootstrappers,system:nodes
-    arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/admin                                                            my-role                                 eks-console-dashboard-full-access-group
-    arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/my-user                                                          my-user                                 eks-console-dashboard-restricted-access-group
+    <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/eksctl-my-cluster-my-nodegroup-NodeInstanceRole-1XLS7754U3ZPA    system:node:{{EC2PrivateDNSName}}       system:bootstrappers,system:nodes
+    <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/admin                                                            my-role                                 eks-console-dashboard-full-access-group
+    <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:user/my-user                                                          my-user                                 eks-console-dashboard-restricted-access-group
@@ -248 +248 @@ Add or remove lines as necessary and replace all example values with your own va
-              rolearn: arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role
+              rolearn: <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-role
@@ -252 +252 @@ Add or remove lines as necessary and replace all example values with your own va
-              rolearn: arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-console-viewer-role
+              rolearn: <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-console-viewer-role
@@ -257 +257 @@ Add or remove lines as necessary and replace all example values with your own va
-              userarn: arn:aws:iam::111122223333:user/admin
+              userarn: <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:user/admin
@@ -261 +261 @@ Add or remove lines as necessary and replace all example values with your own va
-              userarn: arn:aws:iam::444455556666:user/my-user
+              userarn: <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::444455556666:user/my-user