Troubleshooting Tip: For Configuring AWS Credentials Locally

[EOEboh]

When you run the aws sts get-caller-identity command after trying to configure programmatic access locally, it is possible to receive an error which states that the file could not be reached.

It means you haven't properly configured the credentials yet.

This leaves you with an option of configuring it via the command line by running aws configure.

• Run the command: aws configure

Also, some people may experience an error when trying to configure credentials by running the command aws configure..

The most possible error that could occur when trying to run aws configure is:

[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\Users\USER/.aws/credentials'

When this happens, make sure you delete the credentials folder you created manually, and just re-run the aws configure command again.

I will make a pull request to the docs later on.

[endymion1818]

Great tip Emmanuel, thanks!