java - 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)

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22588733/unable-to-load-aws-credentials-from-the-awscredentials-properties-file-on-the-c

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...