From 1ec6fc6643c4fe67598af2d76566d36ae5b4ed89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Conlon Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 17:56:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] website: note special behavior for modules in us-east-1 S3 buckets (#24155) * Keep s3 docs in line with functionality Related to https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/16442 * @nfagerlund's suggested markdown and wording changes --- website/docs/modules/sources.html.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/docs/modules/sources.html.markdown b/website/docs/modules/sources.html.markdown index 0532095e22..58a9bfc2fb 100644 --- a/website/docs/modules/sources.html.markdown +++ b/website/docs/modules/sources.html.markdown @@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ module "consul" { } ``` +-> **Note:** Buckets in AWS's us-east-1 region must use the hostname `s3.amazonaws.com` (instead of `s3-us-east-1.amazonaws.com`). + The `s3::` prefix causes Terraform to use AWS-style authentication when accessing the given URL. As a result, this scheme may also work for other services that mimic the S3 API, as long as they handle authentication in the