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@@ -14,13 +14,25 @@ Create a credentials file
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='AKIASTUFF'
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='STUFF'
```
-
1. source this file
```
source ~/.aws_creds
```
+Note: You must source this file in each shell that you want to run cloud.rb
+
+
+(Optional) Setup your $HOME/.ssh/config file
+-------------------------------------------
+In case of a cluster creation, or any other case where you don't know the machine hostname in advance, you can use '.ssh/config'
+to setup a private key file to allow ansible to connect to the created hosts.
+
+To do so, add the the following entry to your $HOME/.ssh/config file and make it point to the private key file which allows you to login on AWS.
+'''
+Host *.compute-1.amazonaws.com
+ PrivateKey $HOME/.ssh/my_private_key.pem
+'''
-1. Note: You must source this file in each shell that you want to run cloud.rb
+Alternatively, you can configure your ssh-agent to hold the credentials to connect to your AWS instances.
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