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Expand Up @@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ If the access credentials are not found in the above file, Nextflow looks for AW
1. The `nextflow.config` file in the pipeline execution directory
2. The environment variables `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`
3. The environment variables `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` and `AWS_SECRET_KEY`
4. The `default` profile in the AWS credentials file located at `~/.aws/credentials`
5. The `default` profile in the AWS client configuration file located at `~/.aws/config`
4. The profile in the AWS credentials file located at `~/.aws/credentials`
- Uses the `default `profile or the environment variable `AWS_PROFILE` if set
5. The profile in the AWS client configuration file located at `~/.aws/config`
- Uses the `default `profile or the environment variable `AWS_PROFILE` if set
6. The temporary AWS credentials provided by an IAM instance role. See [IAM Roles](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html) documentation for details.

More information regarding [AWS Security Credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-security-credentials.html) are available in the AWS documentation.
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