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AWS eks documentation change

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

File: eks/latest/userguide/auto-create-node-role.md

Summary

Simplified IAM console URL and updated policy ARN formatting

Security assessment

Changes involve URL formatting and ARN template standardization. Core security policies (AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicy) remain unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/auto-create-node-role.md b/eks/latest/userguide/auto-create-node-role.md
index 4a678186c..dba13f26d 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/auto-create-node-role.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/auto-create-node-role.md
@@ -30 +30 @@ 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/.
@@ -66 +66 @@ You can create the node IAM role with the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI.
-  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/.
@@ -126 +126 @@ To attach AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicy:
-        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicy
+        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicy
@@ -133 +133 @@ To attach AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPullOnly:
-        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPullOnly
+        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPullOnly