[cs615asa] Can we use AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY ?

[Hongyi Shen]

OK thanks.
The reason I ask that is a SDK need these variables (which linux-lab
already installed for us).



On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Jan Schaumann <jschauma at stevens.edu> wrote:

> Hongyi Shen <hshen4 at stevens.edu> wrote:
> > The assignment requirement mentioned variables like "AWS_CONFIG_FILE,
> > EC2_CERT, EC2_HOME, EC2_PRIVATE_KEY".
> >
> > Can we use AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY as well?
>
> | ec2-backup assumes that the user has set up their environment for general
> | use with the EC2 tools.  That is, it will not set or modify the variables
> | AWS_CONFIG_FILE, EC2_CERT, EC2_HOME or EC2_PRIVATE_KEY.
>
> The same holds for AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.
>
> That is, you must not set or manipulate these variables.
>
> You can assume that when the user runs, for example, the command
>
> aws ec2 run-instances --image-id am1-a1b2c3d4
>
> then that will succeed.
>
> -Jan
>
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