get_credentials: Get AWS credentials

In moj-analytical-services/s3tools: Tools to help explore Amazon S3

Description

Get AWS credentials from the first available source (passed arguments, environment variables, specified file, default file, ec2 metadata iam role)

Usage

get_credentials(key = NULL, secret = NULL, token = NULL, ...)

Arguments

key	A character string specifying an AWS Access Key ID (optional)
secret	A character string specifying an AWS Secret Access Key (optional)
token	A character string specifying an AWS Session Token (optional)
...	Additional arguments passed to credentials_resolver

Examples

## Not run: 
# build a credentials object
get_credentials(key = "AWS access key id", secret = "AWS secret access key")

# fetch credentials from specified credentials file
get_credentials(filename = "credentials-file", profile = "default")

# fetch credentials from environment variables, or default credentials file,
# or IAM role from EC2 metadata, respectively
get_credentials()

# As above, but skip environment variables and fetch credentials for
# specified profile name
get_credentials(profile = "default")

## End(Not run)

moj-analytical-services/s3tools documentation built on Sept. 13, 2021, 5:31 a.m.