Note more secure ways to pass credentials.

Link to the documentation for new users who want to use AWS's existing
credential infrastructure, and provide a familar example.
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Iain Elder 9 years ago committed by Iain Elder
parent 17eda06d61
commit db63ee3507

@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ With a properly validated template. It is time to build your first image. This
is done by calling `packer build` with the template file. The output should look
similar to below. Note that this process typically takes a few minutes.
-> **Note:** For the tutorial it is convenient to use the credentials in the
command line. However, it is potentially insecure. [Learn how to set this
securely](/docs/builders/amazon.html#specifying-amazon-credentials). For
example, with a credentials profile, you can do this:
`AWS_PROFILE=testing packer build example.json`.
-> **Note:** When using packer on Windows, replace the single-quotes in the
command below with double-quotes.

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