AWS Default region not setting using env variable in boto

Question

Python terminal below

In [3]: os.environ['AWS_DEFAULT_REGION']
Out[3]: 'us-west-2'

In [4]: import boto

In [5]: boto.connect_ec2()
Out[5]: EC2Connection:ec2.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com

AWS Default region is not getting set even after using AWS_DEFAULT_REGION as env variable. Please suggest !

Alok Kumar Singh · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-30 06:26:52Z

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Solution:

AWS_DEFAULT_REGION works only with boto3. I was using boto2. Environment variables for region is not supported in boto2.

Updating the boto.cfg fixed the problem.

answered Sep 30, 2016 at 6:26

Alok Kumar Singh

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