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Config And Credential Files In AWS

In this article, we will discuss config and credential files on the local system.

Purpose

The config file stores the region of the user. The credential file stores the access and secret key of the user.

In this example, we will create 2 users.

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Now, configure the CLI using the credentials of the first user i.e., test.

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The config and credential files are changed.

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Again, configure AWS CLI using the other user’s credentials.

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The config and credential files are changed as per the new user.

Both files are stored at the following location.

c:\users\<username>\.aws\credentials

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