From 2ab7fa3affee7cc207444f5e3f374ddf882a6a28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victoria Bialas Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 12:52:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Merge pull request #36 from mrburrito/aws-iam-roles" This reverts commit 82d9ab91b26d9d739a7b9db4407c01b4884ac3f1, reversing changes made to c1188953ba031dade829fa832943479fbed5d7d3. --- machine/drivers/aws.md | 45 ++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/machine/drivers/aws.md b/machine/drivers/aws.md index f90454ec21..c02d7144d9 100644 --- a/machine/drivers/aws.md +++ b/machine/drivers/aws.md @@ -16,20 +16,25 @@ To create machines on [Amazon Web Services](http://aws.amazon.com), you must sup ## Configuring credentials -Before using the amazonec2 driver, ensure that you've configured credentials. The driver uses Amazon's default credentials chain -to lookup credentials unless they are explicitly provided on the command line. The credential chain uses the following providers -to authenticate with AWS: +Before using the amazonec2 driver, ensure that you've configured credentials. -1. Command line flags -1. Environment variables -1. AWS credentials file -1. EC2 Instance Role +### AWS credential file + +One way to configure credentials is to use the standard credential file for Amazon AWS `~/.aws/credentials` file, which might look like: + + [default] + aws_access_key_id = AKID1234567890 + aws_secret_access_key = MY-SECRET-KEY + +On Mac OS or various flavors of Linux you can install the [AWS Command Line Interface](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html#cli-quick-configuration) (`aws cli`) in the terminal and use the `aws configure` command which guides you through the creation of the credentials file. + +This is the simplest method, you can then create a new machine with: + + $ docker-machine create --driver amazonec2 aws01 -For more information, see the [AWS SDK for Go Developer's Guide](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v1/developerguide/configuring-sdk.html). - ### Command line flags -The first way to specify credentials is with the flags `--amazonec2-access-key` and `--amazonec2-secret-key` on the command line: +Alternatively, you can use the flags `--amazonec2-access-key` and `--amazonec2-secret-key` on the command line: $ docker-machine create --driver amazonec2 --amazonec2-access-key AKI******* --amazonec2-secret-key 8T93C******* aws01 @@ -41,26 +46,6 @@ You can use environment variables: $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=MY-SECRET-KEY $ docker-machine create --driver amazonec2 aws01 -### AWS credentials file - -You can also configure the standard credential file for Amazon AWS, `~/.aws/credentials`, which might look like: - - [default] - aws_access_key_id = AKID1234567890 - aws_secret_access_key = MY-SECRET-KEY - -On Mac OS or various flavors of Linux you can install the [AWS Command Line Interface](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html#cli-quick-configuration) -(`aws cli`) in the terminal and use the `aws configure` command which guides you through the creation of the credentials file. - -This is the simplest method. You can then create a new machine with: - - $ docker-machine create --driver amazonec2 aws01 - -### EC2 Instance Role - -If you are running docker-machine from an existing EC2 instance, the amazonec2 driver will use the credentials for the IAM role -assigned to the instance if they are configured. - ## Options - `--amazonec2-access-key`: Your access key id for the Amazon Web Services API.