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AWS IAM: Add EKS auto cluster and node role templates

Service: IAM · 2026-10-07 · Documentation low

File: IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_role-template.md · Type: iam

Summary

Adds two new role template rows for Amazon EKS: AmazonEKSAutoClusterRoleTemplate (eks.amazonaws.com) and AmazonEKSAutoNodeRoleTemplate (ec2.amazonaws.com), including their ARNs and RoleName parameter.

Security assessment

Documents new pre-built IAM role templates for EKS cluster/node roles; this is IAM-adjacent reference material but does not describe a vulnerability, hardening step, or permission boundary.

Evidence

+Amazon EKS | AmazonEKSAutoClusterRoleTemplate | `arn:aws:iam::aws:role-template/eks.amazonaws.com/AmazonEKSAutoClusterRoleTemplate:1` | RoleName

Diff

diff --git a/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_role-template.md b/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_role-template.md
index f3e05c8..b3ab654 100644
--- a//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_role-template.md
+++ b//IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_create_role-template.md
@@ -36,0 +37,2 @@ AWS CloudFormation | PowerUserRoleTemplate | `arn:aws:iam::aws:role-template/iam
+Amazon EKS | AmazonEKSAutoClusterRoleTemplate | `arn:aws:iam::aws:role-template/eks.amazonaws.com/AmazonEKSAutoClusterRoleTemplate:1` | RoleName  
+Amazon EKS | AmazonEKSAutoNodeRoleTemplate | `arn:aws:iam::aws:role-template/ec2.amazonaws.com/AmazonEKSAutoNodeRoleTemplate:1` | RoleName