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From: lucerobr <63749457+lucerobr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:19:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add AWS_REGION export to eksctl cluster setup

---
 website/docs/introduction/setup/your-account/using-eksctl.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website/docs/introduction/setup/your-account/using-eksctl.md b/website/docs/introduction/setup/your-account/using-eksctl.md
index b3ae9c4ad..0748dfc5f 100644
--- a/website/docs/introduction/setup/your-account/using-eksctl.md
+++ b/website/docs/introduction/setup/your-account/using-eksctl.md
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ The `eksctl` utility has been pre-installed in your IDE environment, so we can i
 4. Add a managed node group named `default`
 5. Configure the VPC CNI to use prefix delegation
 
+Before creating the cluster, set the region to match the one you used when deploying the CloudFormation stack in the previous step. The supported regions are `us-west-2`, `eu-west-1`, and `ap-southeast-1`.
+
 Apply the configuration file like so:
 
 ```bash
 $ export EKS_CLUSTER_NAME=eks-workshop
+$ export AWS_REGION=us-west-2 # Change this to match your CloudFormation stack region
 $ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VAR::MANIFESTS_OWNER/VAR::MANIFESTS_REPOSITORY/VAR::MANIFESTS_REF/cluster/eksctl/cluster.yaml | \
 envsubst | eksctl create cluster -f -
 ```