AWS Configuration

We cover configuring AWS credentials locally, using the AWS provided documentation, which helps setup your ~/.aws directory and files.

The configuration looks something like this:

File ~/.aws/config:

 1[default]
 2output = json
 3region = us-east-1
 4 
 5[cloudcasts]
 6output = json
 7region = us-east-2
 8 
 9## File `~/.aws/credentials`:
10[default]
11aws_access_key_id = some-access-key
12aws_secret_access_key = some-secret-access-key
13 
14[cloudcasts]
15aws_access_key_id = another-access-key
16aws_secret_access_key = another-secret-access-key

Setting the profile when using AWS commands, SDK's, or library configurations can find the configuration and access keys automatically.

For the CLI, you can use the --profile flag - for example:

1aws --profile=cloudcasts ec2 \
2    describe-availability-zones \
3    --region us-east-2 \
4    --query 'AvailabilityZones[].ZoneName'