Get AWS S3 Bucket Object Using PowerShell DSC

Question

Using PowerShell DSC, I'm trying to read an object from within an AWS S3 bucket but I get the following error:

Unable to load stored credentials for profile = [default]

I have tried using the -ProfileLocation parameter however that then throw the error "A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'ProfileLocation'". My code is as follows:

Read-S3Object -ProfileName default BucketName $bucket -Key $key -File $file

Answer 1

Make sure you have read this documentation "Using AWS Credentials" and followed the instructions it provided.

Troubleshooting

• ProfileName is not supported in the AWS Powershell Tools prior to version v1.1. You can check your version through the Get-AWSPowerShellVersion cmdlet. If you are using an earlier version, try using the StoredCredentials parameter instead. Alternatively, you can update.

• Make sure that the profile name "default" actually exists. You can check this by running Get-AWSCredentials -ListStoredCredentials, which will return a list of stored AWS credentials.

• If your desired profile name does not exist, you will need to create it.

The documentation provides the following example for creating a new profile:

Set-AWSCredentials -AccessKey AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE `
                   -SecretKey wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY `
                   -StoreAs MyProfileName

Note: Concerning terminology, Stored Credential and Profile seem to be used interchangeably by the documentation.