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AWS eks documentation change

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

File: eks/latest/userguide/connecting-cluster.md

Summary

Replaced hardcoded ARNs with '<shared id="region.arn"/>' placeholder in EKS connector registration commands and output examples

Security assessment

Documentation update for ARN consistency. Doesn't affect security controls or address vulnerabilities, as connector functionality remains identical.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/connecting-cluster.md b/eks/latest/userguide/connecting-cluster.md
index 2e8a290b4..ad33c4293 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/connecting-cluster.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/connecting-cluster.md
@@ -61 +61 @@ To register a cluster to Amazon EKS connector, you can use one of these tools:
-         --connector-config roleArn=arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSConnectorAgentRole,provider="OTHER" \
+         --connector-config roleArn=<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSConnectorAgentRole,provider="OTHER" \
@@ -69 +69 @@ An example output is as follows.
-            "arn": "arn:aws:eks:region:111122223333:cluster/my-first-registered-cluster",
+            "arn": "<shared id="region.arn"/>eks:region:111122223333:cluster/my-first-registered-cluster",
@@ -76 +76 @@ An example output is as follows.
-                "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSConnectorAgentRole"
+                "roleArn": "<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSConnectorAgentRole"