diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst index 009d7775a13..b6d0287a88d 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst @@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ The Dataverse Software S3 driver supports multi-part upload for large files (ove First: Set Up Accounts and Access Credentials ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -**Note:** As of version 5.14, if Dataverse is running in an EC2 instance it will prefer RBAC for S3, even if administrators configure Dataverse with programmatic access keys. This is preferential from a security perspective as there are no keys to rotate or have stolen. If you intend to assign a role to your EC2 instance, you will still need the ``~/.aws/config`` file to specify the region but you need not generate credentials. For more information please see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.html +**Note:** As of version 5.14, if Dataverse is running in an EC2 instance it will prefer RBAC for the S3 default profile, even if administrators configure Dataverse with programmatic access keys. This is preferential from a security perspective as there are no keys to rotate or have stolen. If you intend to assign a role to your EC2 instance, you will still need the ``~/.aws/config`` file to specify the region but you need not generate credentials for the default profile. For more information please see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2.html The Dataverse Software and the AWS SDK make use of the "AWS credentials profile file" and "AWS config profile file" located in ``~/.aws/`` where ``~`` is the home directory of the user you run Payara as. This file can be generated via either