How Terraform Authentication works with AWS

How authentication works in Terraform
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AWS CLI credentials

Using the AWS CLI ~/.aws/credentials file.

Environment Variables

Setting AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY as environment variables.

Static credentials

Hard-coding credentials directly into the Terraform provider block.


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