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Passing aws credentials to Docker

I have a docker container golang code which interacts with aws resources. In the testing environment, we use iam role. But How do I test locally. How to use aws credentials to run my docker locally.I am using docker file to build the docker image.

Solution

  • Just mount your credential directory as read-only using:

    docker run -v ${HOME}/.aws/credentials:/root/.aws/credentials:ro  ...

    given you have root as the user in the container and also have setup the host using this guide for credentials file.

    or pass them directly using environment variables as:

    docker run -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<ACCESS_KEY> -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<SECRET_KEY> ...