use aws configure in the cli to connect your account for Terraform deployment. You will be prompted to enter the following. See Creating a Secret Key Pair for more information.
  • AWS Access Key ID: <your_access_key_id>
  • AWS Secret Access Key: <your_secret_access_key>
  • Default region name: us-east-1 Use this, as Terraform has known issues with other regions
  • Default output format: json