AWS eks documentation change

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

File: eks/latest/userguide/auto-cluster-iam-role.md

Summary

Updated IAM console links and policy ARNs with templated region prefixes

Security assessment

Standardization of ARN examples and URL formatting. No security controls added/modified - only documentation presentation changes.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/auto-cluster-iam-role.md b/eks/latest/userguide/auto-cluster-iam-role.md
index 2d450f668..100e03b3b 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/auto-cluster-iam-role.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/auto-cluster-iam-role.md
@@ -34 +34 @@ You can use the following procedure to check and see if your account already has
-  1. Open the IAM console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/).
+  1. Open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/.
@@ -77 +77 @@ You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to create the cluster role
-  1. Open the IAM console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/).
+  1. Open the IAM console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/.
@@ -144 +144 @@ You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to create the cluster role
-        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy
+        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy
@@ -151 +151 @@ You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to create the cluster role
-        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSComputePolicy
+        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSComputePolicy
@@ -158 +158 @@ You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to create the cluster role
-        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSBlockStoragePolicy
+        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSBlockStoragePolicy
@@ -165 +165 @@ You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to create the cluster role
-        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy
+        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy
@@ -172 +172 @@ You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to create the cluster role
-        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicy
+        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicy