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Credential Profile File Authentication

You can provide the credentials required to establish the connection with Amazon S3 through the credential profile file that contains an access key and secret key. The credential profile file contains an access key, a secret key, and a session token when you use temporary security credentials.

You can use permanent IAM credentials or temporary security credentials with a session token when you use credential profile file authentication.

If you do not specify the credential profile file path, the default credential file path is used. If you do not specify the profile name, the credentials are used from the default profile in the credential file.

Consider the following rules for a credential profile file:

The credential file must be on the same machine where you installed the Secure Agent.

The credential profile file name must end with

.credentials

If you do not specify the credential profile path, the Secure Agent uses the credential profile file present in the following default location in your home directory:

~/.aws/credentials

On Windows, you can refer to your home directory by using the environment variable

%UserProfile%

. On Unix-like systems, you can use the environment variable

$HOME

A sample credential profile file:

[default]

aws_access_key_id = 1233333

aws_secret_access_key = abcabcabc


[test-profile]

aws_access_key_id = 1233333

aws_secret_access_key = abcabcabc

aws_session_token = jahaheieomdrtflmlioerp

The

aws_access_key_id

and

aws_secret_access_key

specify the AWS access key and secret key used as part of credentials to authenticate the user.

The

aws_session_token

specifies an AWS session token used as part of the credentials to authenticate the user. A session token is required only if you specify temporary security credentials.

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