Fix docker shared creds (#100)

* manually define home * comment env
aws-observability · Nov 10, 2020 · 64d7a62 · 64d7a62
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diff --git a/cmd/awscollector/Dockerfile b/cmd/awscollector/Dockerfile
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ COPY --from=build /workspace/build/linux/aoc_linux_x86_64 /awscollector
 COPY --from=build /workspace/config.yaml /etc/otel-config.yaml
 
 ENV RUN_IN_CONTAINER="True"
+# aws-sdk-go needs $HOME to look up shared credentials
+ENV HOME=/root
 ENTRYPOINT ["/awscollector"]
 CMD ["--config=/etc/otel-config.yaml"]
 EXPOSE 55680 55681
diff --git a/examples/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ services:
     image: amazon/aws-otel-collector:latest
     command: ["--config=/etc/otel-agent-config.yaml", "--log-level=DEBUG"]
     environment:
-      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<to_be_added>
-      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<to_be_added>
-      - AWS_REGION=<to_be_added>
+      - AWS_REGION=us-west-2
+      # Either uncomment and define these:
+      #
+      # - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<to_be_added>
+      # - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<to_be_added>
+      #
+      # Or define a profile available in your shared credentials file
+      #
+      # - AWS_PROFILE=myprofile
 
     volumes:
       - ../examples/config-test.yaml:/etc/otel-agent-config.yaml