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      AWS CLI Credentials & Config Chain
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      AWS CLI Credentials & Config Chain

      • Updated on 12 Aug 2024
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      How does AWS CLI Credentials & Config chain work?

      If you are using AWS CLI tool for your operations and design implementation/application, note that the CLI will look for Credentials & Config data in the following hierarchical order.

      1. Command Line Options 

      For example: using options like "--profile", "--region", "--output" etc...

      2. Environmental Variables 

      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

      AWS_SESSION_TOKEN

      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION and so on...

      3. CLI Credentials File 

      For Linux: ~/.aws/credentials

      For Windows: C:\Users\\.aws\credentials

      4. CLI Configuration File 

      For Linux: ~/.aws/config

      For Windows: C:\Users\\.aws\config

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