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AWS elasticloadbalancing documentation change

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

File: elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/security_iam_service-with-iam.md

Summary

Updated documentation to replace 'ELB' acronym with 'Elastic Load Balancing' throughout the file for consistency and clarity

Security assessment

The changes are purely terminological updates replacing 'ELB' with 'Elastic Load Balancing'. No security vulnerabilities, configurations, or features were modified or added. The content about IAM policies, condition keys, and security controls remains functionally identical.

Diff

diff --git a/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/security_iam_service-with-iam.md b/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/security_iam_service-with-iam.md
index bbfca665f..afb3aa786 100644
--- a//elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/security_iam_service-with-iam.md
+++ b//elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/security_iam_service-with-iam.md
@@ -7 +7 @@ Identity-based policiesResource-based policiesPolicy actionsPolicy resourcesPoli
-# How ELB works with IAM
+# How Elastic Load Balancing works with IAM
@@ -9 +9 @@ Identity-based policiesResource-based policiesPolicy actionsPolicy resourcesPoli
-Before you use IAM to manage access to ELB, learn what IAM features are available to use with ELB.
+Before you use IAM to manage access to Elastic Load Balancing, learn what IAM features are available to use with Elastic Load Balancing.
@@ -11 +11 @@ Before you use IAM to manage access to ELB, learn what IAM features are availabl
-IAM features you can use with ELB IAM feature | ELB support  
+IAM features you can use with Elastic Load Balancing IAM feature | Elastic Load Balancing support  
@@ -25 +25 @@ Service-linked roles |  Yes
-## Identity-based policies for ELB
+## Identity-based policies for Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -33 +33 @@ With IAM identity-based policies, you can specify allowed or denied actions and
-## Resource-based policies within ELB
+## Resource-based policies within Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -41 +41 @@ To enable cross-account access, you can specify an entire account or IAM entitie
-## Policy actions for ELB
+## Policy actions for Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -49 +49 @@ The `Action` element of a JSON policy describes the actions that you can use to
-To see a list of ELB actions, see [Actions defined by ELB V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-actions-as-permissions) and [Actions defined by ELB V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-actions-as-permissions) in the _Service Authorization Reference_.
+To see a list of Elastic Load Balancing actions, see [Actions defined by Elastic Load Balancing V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-actions-as-permissions) and [Actions defined by Elastic Load Balancing V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-actions-as-permissions) in the _Service Authorization Reference_.
@@ -51 +51 @@ To see a list of ELB actions, see [Actions defined by ELB V2](https://docs.aws.a
-Policy actions in ELB use the following prefix before the action:
+Policy actions in Elastic Load Balancing use the following prefix before the action:
@@ -69 +69 @@ You can specify multiple actions using wildcards (*). For example, to specify al
-For the complete list of the API actions for ELB, see the following documentation:
+For the complete list of the API actions for Elastic Load Balancing, see the following documentation:
@@ -78 +78 @@ For the complete list of the API actions for ELB, see the following documentatio
-## Policy resources for ELB
+## Policy resources for Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -89 +89 @@ The `Resource` JSON policy element specifies the object or objects to which the
-Some ELB API actions support multiple resources. To specify multiple resources in a single statement, separate the ARNs with commas.
+Some Elastic Load Balancing API actions support multiple resources. To specify multiple resources in a single statement, separate the ARNs with commas.
@@ -97 +97 @@ Some ELB API actions support multiple resources. To specify multiple resources i
-To see a list of ELB resource types and their ARNs, see [Resources defined by ELB V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-resources-for-iam-policies) and [Resources defined by ELB V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-resources-for-iam-policies) in the _Service Authorization Reference_. To learn with which actions you can specify the ARN of each resource, see [Actions defined by ELB V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-actions-as-permissions) and [Actions defined by ELB V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-actions-as-permissions).
+To see a list of Elastic Load Balancing resource types and their ARNs, see [Resources defined by Elastic Load Balancing V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-resources-for-iam-policies) and [Resources defined by Elastic Load Balancing V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-resources-for-iam-policies) in the _Service Authorization Reference_. To learn with which actions you can specify the ARN of each resource, see [Actions defined by Elastic Load Balancing V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-actions-as-permissions) and [Actions defined by Elastic Load Balancing V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-actions-as-permissions).
@@ -99 +99 @@ To see a list of ELB resource types and their ARNs, see [Resources defined by EL
-## Policy condition keys for ELB
+## Policy condition keys for Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -107 +107 @@ The `Condition` element specifies when statements execute based on defined crite
-To see a list of ELB condition keys, see [Condition keys for ELB V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-policy-keys) and [Condition keys for ELB V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-policy-keys) in the _Service Authorization Reference_. To learn with which actions and resources you can use a condition key, see [Actions defined by ELB V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-actions-as-permissions) and [Actions defined by ELB V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-actions-as-permissions).
+To see a list of Elastic Load Balancing condition keys, see [Condition keys for Elastic Load Balancing V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-policy-keys) and [Condition keys for Elastic Load Balancing V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-policy-keys) in the _Service Authorization Reference_. To learn with which actions and resources you can use a condition key, see [Actions defined by Elastic Load Balancing V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancingv2.html#awselasticloadbalancingv2-actions-as-permissions) and [Actions defined by Elastic Load Balancing V1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awselasticloadbalancing.html#awselasticloadbalancing-actions-as-permissions).
@@ -310 +310 @@ JSON
-ELB accepts all capitalizations of security group IDs. However, make sure to use the appropriate case insensitive condition operators, for example `StringEqualsIgnoreCase`.
+Elastic Load Balancing accepts all capitalizations of security group IDs. However, make sure to use the appropriate case insensitive condition operators, for example `StringEqualsIgnoreCase`.
@@ -359 +359 @@ The following example policy requires users to select one of the specified secur
-ELB accepts all capitalizations of subnet IDs. However, make sure to use the appropriate case insensitive condition operators, for example `StringEqualsIgnoreCase`.
+Elastic Load Balancing accepts all capitalizations of subnet IDs. However, make sure to use the appropriate case insensitive condition operators, for example `StringEqualsIgnoreCase`.
@@ -413 +413 @@ JSON
-The `elasticloadbalancing:ResourceTag`/`key` condition key is specific to ELB. All mutating actions support this condition key.
+The `elasticloadbalancing:ResourceTag`/`key` condition key is specific to Elastic Load Balancing. All mutating actions support this condition key.
@@ -415 +415 @@ The `elasticloadbalancing:ResourceTag`/`key` condition key is specific to ELB. A
-## ACLs in ELB
+## ACLs in Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -421 +421 @@ Access control lists (ACLs) control which principals (account members, users, or
-## ABAC with ELB
+## ABAC with Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -433 +433 @@ For more information about ABAC, see [Define permissions with ABAC authorization
-## Using temporary credentials with ELB
+## Using temporary credentials with Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -439 +439 @@ Temporary credentials provide short-term access to AWS resources and are automat
-## Cross-service principal permissions for ELB
+## Cross-service principal permissions for Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -445 +445 @@ Forward access sessions (FAS) use the permissions of the principal calling an AW
-## Service roles for ELB
+## Service roles for Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -451 +451 @@ A service role is an [IAM role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide
-## Service-linked roles for ELB
+## Service-linked roles for Elastic Load Balancing
@@ -457 +457 @@ A service-linked role is a type of service role that is linked to an AWS service
-For details about creating or managing ELB service-linked roles, see [ELB service-linked role](./elb-service-linked-roles.html).
+For details about creating or managing Elastic Load Balancing service-linked roles, see [Elastic Load Balancing service-linked role](./elb-service-linked-roles.html).