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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-01-25 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster-auto.md

Summary

Corrected IAM policy ARN formats by replacing placeholder syntax with valid ARNs in CLI examples

Security assessment

The changes fix documentation formatting errors in policy ARNs but do not address security vulnerabilities or introduce security features.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster-auto.md b/eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster-auto.md
index 347fdb0ed..a08406ae9 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster-auto.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/create-cluster-auto.md
@@ -219 +219 @@ Attach the following AWS managed policies to the Cluster IAM Role to grant the n
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSClusterPolicy
@@ -226 +226 @@ Attach the following AWS managed policies to the Cluster IAM Role to grant the n
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSComputePolicy
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSComputePolicy
@@ -233 +233 @@ Attach the following AWS managed policies to the Cluster IAM Role to grant the n
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSBlockStoragePolicy
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSBlockStoragePolicy
@@ -240 +240 @@ Attach the following AWS managed policies to the Cluster IAM Role to grant the n
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSLoadBalancingPolicy
@@ -247 +247 @@ Attach the following AWS managed policies to the Cluster IAM Role to grant the n
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicy
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSNetworkingPolicy
@@ -294 +294 @@ Attach the following AWS managed policies to the Node IAM Role to provide the ne
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicy
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodeMinimalPolicy
@@ -301 +301 @@ Attach the following AWS managed policies to the Node IAM Role to provide the ne
-        --policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPullOnly
+        --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryPullOnly
@@ -329 +329 @@ Whether you choose any security groups or not, Amazon EKS creates a security gro
-          --role-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSAutoClusterRole \
+          --role-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSAutoClusterRole \
@@ -331 +331 @@ Whether you choose any security groups or not, Amazon EKS creates a security gro
-          --compute-config '{"enabled": true, "nodeRoleArn": "<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSAutoNodeRole", "nodePools": ["general-purpose", "system"]}' \
+          --compute-config '{"enabled": true, "nodeRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/AmazonEKSAutoNodeRole", "nodePools": ["general-purpose", "system"]}' \