AWS profile when using boto3 to connect to CloudFront
What happens if I don’t use a specific profile and have multiple profiles configured?
Boto3 might not use the intended credentials. It might use the default profile (“default”) as mentioned in the article, and if you don’t have a profile with default as profile name you’ll get an error saying no profile with default and you’ve to specify profile name in that case.
What is the benefit of using a specific profile when connecting to CloudFront?
If you have multiple AWS accounts or projects, using specific profiles helps you isolate credentials and manage permissions for each environment. This ensures you’re using the correct access keys for the intended CloudFront resources.
Is there a way to see which profile is currently being used by boto3?
There isn’t a direct method within boto3 to retrieve the active profile. However, you can check the environment variable AWS_PROFILE (this will work if you’ve configured) or use the botocore.credentials module to inspect the credential provider chain and identify the profile used.
How to Choose an AWS Profile When using Boto3 to Connect to CloudFront
Cloudfront is an AWS Service that is used to reduce latency for delivering both static and dynamic content, When a user requests content that you’re serving with CloudFront, the request is routed to the edge location that provides the lowest latency (time delay), so that content is delivered with the best possible performance.
If the content is already in the edge location with the lowest latency, CloudFront delivers it immediately. If the content is not in that edge location, CloudFront retrieves it from an origin that you’ve defined—such as an Amazon S3 bucket, a Media Package channel, or an HTTP server (for example, a web server)—that you have identified as the source for the definitive version of your content.
To work with Cloudfront using the SDKs, we can use the Boto3 package in Python, If you’ve got multiple AWS profiles, you might struggle to use a specific profile while connecting, In this article, we’ll demonstrate how to choose a specific AWS profile while connecting with Cloudfront.