If you've already set IAM credentials through another AWS service (such as the AWS CLI), then the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code automatically detects those credentials and makes them available in VS Code.

If you've previously set up an AWS account and authentication through another AWS service (such as the AWS Command Line Interface), then the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code automatically detects your credentials.

Aug 14, 2021 · Try using lowercase aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key in your ~/.aws/credentials . If that doesn't help, can you share the log (after removing any private info): In VSCode settings search for "aws log level", then select "verbose".

If the credentials are not working in AWS toolkit only and working on AWS CLI, kindly check the syntax details, if there is a syntax issue in your ~/.aws/credentials or ~/.aws/config, Toolkit may not be able to read it, even though AWS CLI can read it.

Feb 3, 2022 · You'll need to get the access and secret key from AWS and insert them in place of the XXXXXXX placeholders. You can get this information in the AWS Cloud -> IAM -> Access Management -> Users -> Select your user -> Security credentials -> Access Keys.

Dec 30, 2021 · However, when I try to access that named profile via AWS Toolkit in VSCode I get the error message in AWS toolkit logs: Shared Credentials Profile leigh.m is not valid. It will not be used by the toolkit.

Aug 2, 2019 · Describe the bug Installed AWS toolkit for VS Code, I have my config and credentials file with the following key and their values config [default] region = us-west-2 credentials [default] AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key> AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<se...

Apr 26, 2023 · Not currently possible with AWS Toolkit. The details of how the SDK ( boto3 in your example) can get the credentials, are not obvious (environment variables?). The "Play" button in your screenshot is provided by the vscode Python extension, not AWS Toolkit.

You can configure the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code for credential processes that aren't directly supported by AWS, by modifying your shared config file. Modifying your shared config file for credential processes is the same

Mar 25, 2021 · Toolkit 1.23 (unreleased) includes #1626 which fixes the issue where Toolkit may fail to connect if ~/.aws/credentials does not exist. From the VSCode command list (ctrl-shift-p or cmd-shift-p) run Extensions: Install from VSIX... to install the *.vsix file.