From 1a40b8417a44d855c04efdfa3db176582ec661e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Bates Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 16:29:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document that AWS credentials are optional for S3 uploads --- administrator-guides/file-upload/amazon-s3/README.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/administrator-guides/file-upload/amazon-s3/README.md b/administrator-guides/file-upload/amazon-s3/README.md index 1124977634..4e5f3e0a19 100644 --- a/administrator-guides/file-upload/amazon-s3/README.md +++ b/administrator-guides/file-upload/amazon-s3/README.md @@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ You'll need to set the following fields: Config. Name | Description ------------ | ------------- **Amazon S3 bucket name** | The bucket name you've created on Amazon S3 -**Amazon S3 AWSAccessKeyId** | Your Amazon Access Key ID -**Amazon S3 AWSSecretAccessKey** | Your Amazon Secret Access Key +**Amazon S3 AWSAccessKeyId** | Your Amazon Access Key ID (optional) +**Amazon S3 AWSSecretAccessKey** | Your Amazon Secret Access Key (optional) + +**Note**: If no `AWSAccessKeyId` and `AWSSecretAccessKey` are set, the underlying AWS SDK will fallback to trying to retrieve credentials from the [usual locations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/setting-credentials-node.html). ## Advanced configuration