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Enrich AWS authentication documentation #1272

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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion README.rst
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Expand Up @@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ recommended to use at least two master keys in different regions.

export SOPS_KMS_ARN="arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:656532927350:key/920aff2e-c5f1-4040-943a-047fa387b27e,arn:aws:kms:ap-southeast-1:656532927350:key/9006a8aa-0fa6-4c14-930e-a2dfb916de1d"

Your AWS credentials must be present in ``~/.aws/credentials``. sops uses aws-sdk-go.
SOPS uses `aws-sdk-go-v2 <https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2>`_ to communicate with AWS KMS. It will automatically
read the credentials from the ``~/.aws/credentials`` file which can be created with the ``aws configure`` command.

An example of the ``~/.aws/credentials`` file is shown below:

.. code::

Expand All @@ -73,6 +76,17 @@ Your AWS credentials must be present in ``~/.aws/credentials``. sops uses aws-sd
aws_access_key_id = AKI.....
aws_secret_access_key = mw......

In addition to the ``~/.aws/credentials`` file, you can also use the ``AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`` and ``AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY``
environment variables to specify your credentials:

.. code:: bash

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="AKI......"
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="mw......"

For more information and additional environment variables, see
`specifying credentials <https://aws.github.io/aws-sdk-go-v2/docs/configuring-sdk/#specifying-credentials>`_.

If you want to use PGP, export the fingerprints of the public keys, comma
separated, in the **SOPS_PGP_FP** env variable.

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