[chef] Re: get attribute from workstation (as opposed to from the node)

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Medya 
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> this might be a silly question, because I dont think it is possible but.
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> I was wondering if ebs_volume resource in aws cookbook could get the
> access_key from a .aws folder on my workstation ? so I don't have to give
> the access key in the code?

Sounds like you should use IAM roles which that cookbook supports.

- Juian