From 126f2bc07f4cd8c02bbb47964730d4bb09ae13fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitchell Hashimoto Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:26:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] website: more notes on AWS env vars --- website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown index 75495784f..0e619eb09 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html.markdown @@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ Here is a basic example. It is completely valid except for the access keys: } +
+Note: Packer can also read the access key and secret +access key from environmental variables. See the configuration reference in +the section above for more information on what environmental variables Packer +will look for. +
+ ## AMI Name Variables The AMI name specified by the `ami_name` configuration variable is actually