Environment Variables

Supported Environment Variables

AWS^CONFIG^FILE

Specifies the location of the file that the AWS CLI uses to store configuration profiles. The default path is AWSCONF in the _DEFAULT define location, or the S3COM program subvol if not found.

AWS^SHARED^CREDENTIALS^FILE

Specifies the location of the file that the AWS CLI uses to store access keys. The default path is AWSCRED in the _DEFAULT define location, or the S3COM program subvol if not found.

AWS^ACCESS^KEY^ID

Specifies the AWS access key used as part of the credentials to authenticate the command request.

AWS^SECRET^ACCESS^KEY

Specifies the AWS secret key used as part of the credentials to authenticate the command request.

REGION, AWS^REGION

Specifies the AWS Region to send requests to for commands requested using this profile.

• You can specify any of the Region codes available for the chosen service as listed in AWS Regions and Endpoints in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.