Add info about fetching credentials from IAM role

Fixes https://github.com/docker/distribution/issues/741
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Misty Stanley-Jones 2017-02-15 17:35:05 -08:00 committed by Misty Stanley-Jones
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<code>accesskey</code> <code>accesskey</code>
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Your AWS Access Key. Your AWS Access Key. If you use [IAM roles](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html), omit to fetch temporary credentials from IAM.
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<code>secretkey</code> <code>secretkey</code>
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yes no
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Your AWS Secret Key. Your AWS Secret Key. If you use [IAM roles](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html), omit to fetch temporary credentials from IAM.
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@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ Amazon S3 or S3 compatible services for object storage.
`secretkey`: Your aws secret key. `secretkey`: Your aws secret key.
**Note** You can provide empty strings for your access and secret keys if you plan on running the driver on an ec2 instance and will handle authentication with the instance's credentials. > **Note** You can provide empty strings for your access and secret keys to run the driver
> on an ec2 instance and will handle authentication with the instance's credentials. If you
> use [IAM roles](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html),
> omit these keys to fetch temporary credentials from IAM.
`region`: The name of the aws region in which you would like to store objects (for example `us-east-1`). For a list of regions, you can look at http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html `region`: The name of the aws region in which you would like to store objects (for example `us-east-1`). For a list of regions, you can look at http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html