README.md

Terraform | AWS - Preparatory steps

In order for Terraform to run operations on your behalf, you must install and configure the AWS CLI tool.

Example

macOS installation and setup for all users

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg"

sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /

Verify installation

$ which aws
/usr/local/bin/aws

$ aws --version
aws-cli/2.13.33 Python/3.11.6 Darwin/23.1.0 exe/x86_64 prompt/off

Setup credentials and configuration

Option 1 - AWS CLI

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=
export AWS_DEFAULT_OUTPUT=text

Option 2 - Manually creating credential files

mkdir ~/.aws

cd ~/.aws

cat > credentials << EOL
[default]
aws_access_key_id = <YOUR_ACCESS_KEY>
aws_secret_access_key = <YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
EOL

cat > config << EOL
[default]
region = <REGION>
output = text
EOL

Option 3 - IAM Identity Center credentials

aws configure sso

export AWS_PROFILE=<YOUR_CONFIG_PROFILE>

Verify credentials

aws sts get-caller-identity