Changing AWS configuration directory

Question

AWS stores the default configuration files in ~/.aws/.

I'm trying to have all hidden directories inside ~/.config/, and would like to change the default location to ~/.config/aws/

How would I do this from the AWS CLI?

Answer 1

Custom locations for config and credentials files can be specified using two environment variables:

• AWS_CONFIG_FILE: Specifies the location of the file that the AWS CLI uses to store configuration profiles. The default path is ~/.aws/config.
• AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE: Specifies the location of the file that the AWS CLI uses to store access keys. The default path is ~/.aws/credentials.