Passing aws credentials to Docker

Question

I have a docker container golang code which interacts with aws resources. In the testing environment, we use iam role. But How do I test locally? How to use aws credentials to run my docker locally. I am using docker file to build the docker image

Answer 1

Mount you credential directory as read-only using:

docker run -v ${HOME}/.aws/credentials:/root/.aws/credentials:ro  ...

given you have root as the user in the container and also have set up the host using this guide for credentials file.

pass them into your Environment Variables directly:

docker run -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<ACCESS_KEY> -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<SECRET_KEY> ...

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