Terraform-provider-aws: Set region of aws provider via profile (i.e. from ~/.aws/config)

[herbrandson]

According to the docs for aws provider here (https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/#region), "region" is a required field which can be set "via a shared credentials file if profile is specified"

I read this to mean that if I configure my provider something like this

provider "aws" {
    profile = "stage"
}

and ~/.aws/config contains something like the following

[profile stage]
output = json
region = us-gov-west-1

the "region" argument should be set to "us-gov-west-1".

However, when I use this configuration and run terraform plan I get the following:

provider.aws.region
  The region where AWS operations will take place. Examples
  are us-east-1, us-west-2, etc.

  Default: us-east-1
  Enter a value:

Am I misunderstanding the documentation?

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.10.6

[kzw]

I think you have the wrong format in your ~/.aws/config . Noprofile should appear when you specify your profile name. Please check examples found online

[herbrandson]

The ~/.aws/config file was generated via the cli by using aws configure --profile stage. I should point out that there are two files in the ~/.aws/ directory. There's both a config and credentials. The aws key and secret are in the credentials file, but the region is in config.

[ekini]

Currently, as far as I understand, ~/.aws/config is not parsed at all. Some steps have been made to support it here https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws/pull/1608

However, it looks like the current code always overrides region anyway.

[danlsgiga]

I had the same issue today while configuring terraform aws provider to use a profile... the region is set in the profile but not respected by terraform.

[lvampa]

+1 for this issue

Terraform v0.11.3
+ provider.aws v1.9.0

[kevinchabreck]

+1

Terraform v0.11.5
+ provider.aws v1.13.0

[littleperks]

+1

Terraform v0.11.7
`+ provider.aws v1.29.0

[tony-kerz]

yeah, this is effecting me as well.

apparently need to specify via AWS_DEFAULT_REGION or in tf backend/provider stanza's...

would be great to be able to specify in ~/.aws tho...

[delichty]

Any updates on this, or a targeted/expected version this may be fixed in?

[markwellis]

Still an issue with
Terraform v0.11.11
`+ provider.aws v1.56.0

[bflad]

Hi folks 👋 This appears to be a duplicate of #687, so to consolidate discussions and efforts, I'm going to close this issue in preference of that one. Please 👍 upvote that issue and subscribe to it for further updates on this topic.

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