You must specify a region error AWS
You must specify a region error occurs when a default AWS Region is not configured.
Error:
1You must specify a region. You can also configure your region by running "aws configure"
How to fix the You must specify a region
error
Method 1:
Set the AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
environment variable
1export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="us-east-1"
Method 2:
Include the default region in the ~/.aws/config
file or run aws configure
1> aws configure
2 AWS Access Key ID [None]:
3 AWS Secret Access Key [None]:
4 Default region name [None]: us-east-1
5 Default output format [None]:
The ~/.aws/config
file will be generated with the following configuration:
1[default]
2region = us-east-1
Method 3: Explicity specify the region with the AWS API
AWS CLI:
1aws ec2 describe-instances --region us-east-1
Python Boto3:
1import boto3
2
3kms = boto3.client("kms", region_name="us-east-1")
JavaScript AWS SDK
1import { S3Client } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3';
2
3const s3Client = new S3Client({
4 region: 'us-east-1'
5});