Error: boto3 dynamodb unable to locate credentials
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
What's Causing This Error
This is an error that is not only specific to DynamoDB but common when using the AWS CLI or SDK without properly configured credentials in your development environment.
Solution: Here's How To Resolve It
There are numerous actions that you can perform to fix this error. You can try the solutions listed below to see which works for you.
- Ensure that you have an AWS Credentials file in your root directory -
~/.aws/credentials. If you have not done this, use the AWS CLI and run the commandaws configureto configure an AWS Profile. - Ensure that your AWS Secret Access Key and Access Key are correctly referenced.
- Ensure that your AWS credentials file is in the correct format. The format is given below.
[default] aws_access_key_id=<> aws_secret_access_key=< >
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