[SOLVED] Unable to load AWS credentials from the /AwsCredentials.properties file on the classpath

Issue

Using this code for setting the class path

AWSCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new ClasspathPropertiesFileCredentialsProvider();
ec2 = new AmazonEC2Client(credentialsProvider);

Below is the format for AwsCredentials.properties file

# Fill in your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
# http://aws.amazon.com/security-credentials
accessKey = keyHere
secretKey = secretKeyHere

Below is the exception I am getting

Exception in thread "main" com.amazonaws.AmazonClientException: Unable to load AWS credentials from the /AwsCredentials.properties file on the classpath

    at com.amazonaws.auth.ClasspathPropertiesFileCredentialsProvider.getCredentials(ClasspathPropertiesFileCredentialsProvider.java:81)
    at com.amazonaws.services.ec2.AmazonEC2Client.invoke(AmazonEC2Client.java:8359)

Solution

You are getting this exception because your AWS SDK is unable to load your credentials. What you should do is goto Preferences then goto AWS and add your secret key and access key. So that your project can retrieve both keys.

Answered By - farhangdon

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)