Boto3 Error: botocore.exceptions.NoCredentialsError: Unable to locate credentials

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d-_-b picture d-_-b · Oct 23, 2015 · Viewed 158.5k times · Source

When I simply run the following code, I always gets this error.

s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
    bucket_name = "python-sdk-sample-%s" % uuid.uuid4()
    print("Creating new bucket with name:", bucket_name)
    s3.create_bucket(Bucket=bucket_name)

I have saved my credential file in

C:\Users\myname\.aws\credentials, from where Boto should read my credentials.

Is my setting wrong?

Here is the output from boto3.set_stream_logger('botocore', level='DEBUG').

2015-10-24 14:22:28,761 botocore.credentials [DEBUG] Skipping environment variable credential check because profile name was explicitly set.
2015-10-24 14:22:28,761 botocore.credentials [DEBUG] Looking for credentials via: env
2015-10-24 14:22:28,773 botocore.credentials [DEBUG] Looking for credentials via: shared-credentials-file
2015-10-24 14:22:28,774 botocore.credentials [DEBUG] Looking for credentials via: config-file
2015-10-24 14:22:28,774 botocore.credentials [DEBUG] Looking for credentials via: ec2-credentials-file
2015-10-24 14:22:28,774 botocore.credentials [DEBUG] Looking for credentials via: boto-config
2015-10-24 14:22:28,774 botocore.credentials [DEBUG] Looking for credentials via: iam-role

Answer

SHASHANK MADHAV picture SHASHANK MADHAV · Feb 20, 2017

try specifying keys manually

    s3 = boto3.resource('s3',
         aws_access_key_id=ACCESS_ID,
         aws_secret_access_key= ACCESS_KEY)

Make sure you don't include your ACCESS_ID and ACCESS_KEY in the code directly for security concerns. Consider using environment configs and injecting them in the code as suggested by @Tiger_Mike.

For Prod environments consider using rotating access keys: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_access-keys.html#Using_RotateAccessKey

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