$HOME/.aws/credentials

~/.aws/credentials

cat $HOME/.aws/credentials
[default]
aws_access_key_id=
aws_secret_access_key=
aws_session_token=

[your-second-profile]
aws_access_key_id=
aws_secret_access_key=
aws_session_token=

Errors

• An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the ListBuckets operation: Access Denied

Related terms

• aws configure
• aws configure set
• aws configure sso do not use ~/.aws/credentials, uses ~/.aws/sso/cache
• export AWS_PROFILE=your_defined_profile
• aws iam
• ~/.aws/config
• ~/.aws/cli/alias
• AWS STS: aws sts get-session-token
• AWS cli environmental variables: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN

See also

• aws configure sso, ~/.aws/sso/cache, ~/.aws/credentials, aws configure sso-session, aws sso login, sso-session, Start URL (sso_start_url)
• AWS CLI: environmental variables, aws configure, ~/.aws/config, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.aws/cli/alias, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• AWS CLI, Installation, aws [ configure | iam | ec2 | ecs | eks | s3 | rds | sts | cloudwatch | cloudformation | cloudfront | eventbridge | lambda ], aws configure list, .aws/credentials, .aws/config, ~/.aws/cli/alias, --output [ table | json | text | XXX ], Aws cli environmental variables: AWS_PROFILE, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, AWS_REGION, AWS_CLI_AUTO_PROMPT, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, aws list all, auto-prompt, --version, whoamiaws, --filters, --help, --debug