ProcessCredentialsProvider (AWS SDK for Java (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • com.amazonaws.auth.ProcessCredentialsProvider

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  AWSCredentialsProvider

public final class ProcessCredentialsProvider
extends Object
implements AWSCredentialsProvider
A credentials provider that can load credentials from an external process. This is used to support the credential_process setting in the profile credentials file. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/topic/config-vars.html#sourcing-credentials-from-external-processes for more information. Created using builder(). Available settings:

• Command - The command that should be executed to retrieve credentials.

• ExpirationBuffer - The amount of time between when the credentials expire and when the credentials should start to be refreshed. This allows the credentials to be refreshed *before* they are reported to expire. Default: 15 seconds.

• ProcessOutputLimit - The maximum amount of data that can be returned by the external process before an exception is raised. Default: 64000 bytes.
  Migrating to the AWS SDK for Java v2
  The v2 equivalent of this class isProcessCredentialsProvider
  See Migration Guide for more information.

• • Nested Class Summary

  Nested Classes

  Modifier and Type	Class and Description
  static class	ProcessCredentialsProvider.Builder Used to configure and create a ProcessCredentialsProvider.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  static ProcessCredentialsProvider.Builder	builder() Retrieve a new builder that can be used to create and configure a ProcessCredentialsProvider.
  org.joda.time.DateTime	getCredentialExpirationTime() Get the time at which this credentials provider will block to refresh the credentials.
  AWSCredentials	getCredentials() Returns AWSCredentials which the caller can use to authorize an AWS request.
  void	refresh() Forces this credentials provider to refresh its credentials.

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• • Method Detail

     * #### builder  
     public static [ProcessCredentialsProvider.Builder](../../../com/amazonaws/auth/ProcessCredentialsProvider.Builder.html "class in com.amazonaws.auth") builder()  
     * #### getCredentials  
     public [AWSCredentials](../../../com/amazonaws/auth/AWSCredentials.html "interface in com.amazonaws.auth") getCredentials()  
     Returns AWSCredentials which the caller can use to authorize an AWS request. Each implementation of AWSCredentialsProvider can chose its own strategy for loading credentials. For example, an implementation might load credentials from an existing key management system, or load new credentials when credentials are rotated.  
     Specified by:  
     `[getCredentials](../../../com/amazonaws/auth/AWSCredentialsProvider.html#getCredentials--)` in interface `[AWSCredentialsProvider](../../../com/amazonaws/auth/AWSCredentialsProvider.html "interface in com.amazonaws.auth")`  
     Returns:  
     AWSCredentials which the caller can use to authorize an AWS request.  
     * #### refresh  
     public void refresh()  
     Forces this credentials provider to refresh its credentials. For many implementations of credentials provider, this method may simply be a no-op, such as any credentials provider implementation that vends static/non-changing credentials. For other implementations that vend different credentials through out their lifetime, this method should force the credentials provider to refresh its credentials.  
     Specified by:  
     `[refresh](../../../com/amazonaws/auth/AWSCredentialsProvider.html#refresh--)` in interface `[AWSCredentialsProvider](../../../com/amazonaws/auth/AWSCredentialsProvider.html "interface in com.amazonaws.auth")`  
     * #### getCredentialExpirationTime  
     public org.joda.time.DateTime getCredentialExpirationTime()  
     Get the time at which this credentials provider will block to refresh the credentials. This is usually the expiration time returned by the credentials process, minus the configured expiration buffer.