# s3 Unable to locate credentials **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [December 21, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-unable-to-locate-credentials/26363 "2017-12-21T18:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Scancella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@John\_Scancella](https://forum.ansible.com/u/John_Scancella)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-unable-to-locate-credentials/26363/1 "2017-12-21T18:20:57Z")
Hello, No matter what I do, I can’t seem to get the aws\_s3 module to work, it keeps complaining that it can’t find credentials. Yet I have them set via my environment variables ` [jscancella@johns-air chronam-deployment (master)]$ ansible-playbook -vvv foo.yml --vault-password-file get\_vault\_password.sh ansible-playbook 2.4.2.0 config file = /Users/jscancella/development/repos/chronam-deployment/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/Users/jscancella/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.4.2.0\_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 2.7.14 (default, Sep 25 2017, 09:53:22) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.37)] Using /Users/jscancella/development/repos/chronam-deployment/ansible.cfg as config file Parsed /etc/ansible/hosts inventory source with ini plugin PLAYBOOK: foo.yml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 2 plays in foo.yml Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ PLAY [localhost] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Using module file /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.4.2.0\_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: jscancella \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘/usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.4.2.0\_1/libexec/bin/python2.7 && sleep 0’ ok: [localhost] META: ran handlers Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ TASK [Add new instance to host group] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /Users/jscancella/development/repos/chronam-deployment/foo.yml:13 creating host via ‘add\_host’: [hostname=ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://hostname=ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com) changed: [localhost] =\> { “add\_host”: { “groups”: [ “django\_instances” ], “host\_name”: “[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)”, “host\_vars”: {} }, “changed”: true } META: ran handlers META: ran handlers Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ PLAY [Configure django servers] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Using module file /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.4.2.0\_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/system/setup.py \<[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: ubuntu \<[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)\> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“/Users/jscancella/.ssh/jscalocgov.pem”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ubuntu -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/jscancella/.ansible/cp/74732c7634 [ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’/usr/bin/python && sleep 0’“'”‘’ \<[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)\> (0, ‘exc: 'DistributionFiles' object has no attribute 'parse\_distribution\_file\_Archlinux'\n\n{“invocation”: {“module\_args”: {“filter”: “\*”, “gather\_subset”: [“all”], “fact\_path”: “/etc/ansible/facts.d”, “gather\_timeout”: 10}}, “ansible\_facts”: 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“2.7.6”}}\n’, ‘’) ok: [[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)] META: ran handlers Read vars\_file ‘variables.yml’ TASK [copy aware binary] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /Users/jscancella/development/repos/chronam-deployment/foo.yml:27 Using module file /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.4.2.0\_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/aws\_s3.py \<[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)\> ESTABLISH SSH CONNECTION FOR USER: ubuntu \<[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)\> SSH: EXEC ssh -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ‘IdentityFile=“/Users/jscancella/.ssh/jscalocgov.pem”’ -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=ubuntu -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o ControlPath=/Users/jscancella/.ansible/cp/74732c7634 [ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com) ‘/bin/sh -c ‘"’"’/usr/bin/python && sleep 0’“'”‘’ \<[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)\> (1, ‘’, ‘Traceback (most recent call last):\n File “/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py”, line 829, in \n main()\n File “/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py”, line 659, in main\n bucketrtn = bucket\_check(module, s3, bucket, validate=validate)\n File “/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py”, line 290, in bucket\_check\n s3.head\_bucket(Bucket=bucket)\n File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/client.py”, line 317, in \_api\_call\n return self.\_make\_api\_call(operation\_name, kwargs)\n File 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“/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/signers.py”, line 154, in sign\n auth.add\_auth(request)\n File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/auth.py”, line 420, in add\_auth\n super(S3SigV4Auth, self).add\_auth(request)\n File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/auth.py”, line 352, in add\_auth\n raise NoCredentialsError\nbotocore.exceptions.NoCredentialsError: Unable to locate credentials\n’) The full traceback is: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py”, line 829, in main() File “/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py”, line 659, in main bucketrtn = bucket\_check(module, s3, bucket, validate=validate) File “/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py”, line 290, in bucket\_check s3.head\_bucket(Bucket=bucket) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/client.py”, line 317, in \_api\_call return self.\_make\_api\_call(operation\_name, kwargs) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/client.py”, line 602, in \_make\_api\_call operation\_model, request\_dict) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/endpoint.py”, line 143, in make\_request return self.\_send\_request(request\_dict, operation\_model) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/endpoint.py”, line 168, in \_send\_request request = self.create\_request(request\_dict, operation\_model) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/endpoint.py”, line 152, in create\_request operation\_name=operation\_model.name) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/hooks.py”, line 227, in emit return self.\_emit(event\_name, kwargs) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/hooks.py”, line 210, in \_emit response = handler(\*\*kwargs) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/signers.py”, line 90, in handler return self.sign(operation\_name, request) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/signers.py”, line 154, in sign auth.add\_auth(request) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/auth.py”, line 420, in add\_auth super(S3SigV4Auth, self).add\_auth(request) File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/auth.py”, line 352, in add\_auth raise NoCredentialsError botocore.exceptions.NoCredentialsError: Unable to locate credentials fatal: [[ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com)]: FAILED! =\> { “changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py", line 829, in \n main()\n File "/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py", line 659, in main\n bucketrtn = bucket\_check(module, s3, bucket, validate=validate)\n File "/tmp/ansible\_gbMwg9/ansible\_module\_aws\_s3.py", line 290, in bucket\_check\n s3.head\_bucket(Bucket=bucket)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/client.py", line 317, in \_api\_call\n return self.\_make\_api\_call(operation\_name, kwargs)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/client.py", line 602, in \_make\_api\_call\n operation\_model, request\_dict)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/endpoint.py", line 143, in make\_request\n return self.\_send\_request(request\_dict, operation\_model)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/endpoint.py", line 168, in \_send\_request\n request = self.create\_request(request\_dict, operation\_model)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/endpoint.py", line 152, in create\_request\n operation\_name=operation\_model.name)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/hooks.py", line 227, in emit\n return self.\_emit(event\_name, kwargs)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/hooks.py", line 210, in \_emit\n response = handler(\*\*kwargs)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/signers.py", line 90, in handler\n return self.sign(operation\_name, request)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/signers.py", line 154, in sign\n auth.add\_auth(request)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/auth.py", line 420, in add\_auth\n super(S3SigV4Auth, self).add\_auth(request)\n File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/botocore/auth.py", line 352, in add\_auth\n raise NoCredentialsError\nbotocore.exceptions.NoCredentialsError: Unable to locate credentials\n”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”, “rc”: 1 } PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* [ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://ec2-174-129-95-211.compute-1.amazonaws.com) : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 localhost : ok=2 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 ` here is the version information ` [jscancella@johns-air chronam-deployment (master)]$ ansible-playbook --version ansible-playbook 2.4.2.0 config file = /Users/jscancella/development/repos/chronam-deployment/ansible.cfg configured module search path = [u’/Users/jscancella/.ansible/plugins/modules’, u’/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/2.4.2.0\_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook python version = 2.7.14 (default, Sep 25 2017, 09:53:22) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.37)] ` ---
**Author:** ![Olivier\_Cervello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@Olivier\_Cervello](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Olivier_Cervello)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/s3-unable-to-locate-credentials/26363/2 "2017-12-22T02:45:24Z")
Try putting the AWS keys in your _~/.aws/credentials_ as described [here](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-config-files.html)