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AWS AmazonRDS: Repair CloudFormation and EC2 key pair links

Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-08-19 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_GettingStartedAurora.CreatingConnecting.Aurora.md

Summary

Fixed broken URLs for CloudFormation nested stacks and EC2 key pair documentation.

Security assessment

The change corrects URLs without altering security practices or addressing vulnerabilities.

Evidence

+Instead of using the console to create your VPC, EC2 instance, and Aurora MySQL DB cluster, you can use CloudFormation to provision AWS resources by treating infrastructure as code. To help you organize your AWS resources into smaller and more manageable units, you can use the CloudFormation nested stack functionality. For more information, see [ Creating a stack on the CloudFormation console](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-console-create-stack.html) and [Working with nested stacks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-nested-stacks.html).

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_GettingStartedAurora.CreatingConnecting.Aurora.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_GettingStartedAurora.CreatingConnecting.Aurora.md
index 5107adc7c..6e67a502d 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_GettingStartedAurora.CreatingConnecting.Aurora.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP_GettingStartedAurora.CreatingConnecting.Aurora.md
@@ -208 +208 @@ When the status of the writer instance changes to **Available** , you can connec
-Instead of using the console to create your VPC, EC2 instance, and Aurora MySQL DB cluster, you can use CloudFormation to provision AWS resources by treating infrastructure as code. To help you organize your AWS resources into smaller and more manageable units, you can use the CloudFormation nested stack functionality. For more information, see [ Creating a stack on the CloudFormation console](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-console-create-stack.html) and [Working with nested stacks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-nested-stacks.html). 
+Instead of using the console to create your VPC, EC2 instance, and Aurora MySQL DB cluster, you can use CloudFormation to provision AWS resources by treating infrastructure as code. To help you organize your AWS resources into smaller and more manageable units, you can use the CloudFormation nested stack functionality. For more information, see [ Creating a stack on the CloudFormation console](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-console-create-stack.html) and [Working with nested stacks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-nested-stacks.html). 
@@ -235 +235 @@ In the Github page, click the _Download raw file_ button to save the template YA
-Before starting this process, make sure you have a Key pair for an EC2 instance in your AWS account. For more information, see [Amazon EC2 key pairs and Linux instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html).
+Before starting this process, make sure you have a Key pair for an EC2 instance in your AWS account. For more information, see [Amazon EC2 key pairs and Linux instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html).