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

Question

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) 

Answer 1

I made the connection using a different approach:

BasicAWSCredentials credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(ACCESS_KEY, SECRET_KEY); AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient(credentials).withRegion(Regions.US_EAST_1); DynamoDB dynamoDB = new DynamoDB(client); 

The access key and the secret key can be created in the Identity and Access Management console. I hope it helps...