closeio / closeio/sync-engine

Support IAM service accounts for S3 access

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Description

Sync-engine should not require AWS secrets to access resources. The code should be able to use the container's underlying service account/role to authenticate. This is often accomplished by simply passing in None for aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key. The codebase might already support this use case but it should be confirmed everything works as expected if these two config variables aren't set.

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Research direction

Start by locating the AWS configuration variables and the S3 client or access entry point used by sync-engine. Verify behavior when the access key and secret are unset, confirm the container service account or role is used, and add or update coverage for that configuration so the IAM-based access path is demonstrably working.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws, python
Domain
backend, cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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