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AWS

DCNiOS can use some AWS services: This section clarifies the configuration required to use the credentials!

DCNiOS can use some AWS as input. A valid pair of AWS Access Key and AWS Secret Key is necessary in all those cases. DCNiOS takes the AWS credentials from several places, following a hierarchy. This implementation is made to minimize the times that the credentials are written in the configuration file.

  • Environment variables AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.
  • From aws file credentials with the default section. Here is an example: 
    [default]
    aws_access_key_id = AK<>
    aws_secret_access_key = <>
  • From the DCNiOS workflow file using the argument AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.

AWS_DEFAULT_REGION is mandatory for any that uses AWS in the configuration file. These ProcessGroups use AWS credentials: