Is it possible to create a named profile without creating a credentials file?

For example, storing the profile in path variables?

CodePudding user response：

No, this is not possible.

You can pass information like the aws_access_key_id & aws_secret_access_key via the CLI or store them in path variables using export but for them to persist & be grouped under a name, they must be stored somewhere.

That somewhere must be a credentials or config file.

CodePudding user response：

If you use AWS SSO you don't have credentials stored in the credentials file. You will still have profiles in the profile file though.