Export of AWS creds for users who skipped over the GNU/Linux example

2017-10-13 23:48:39 +01:00 · 2017-10-13 23:48:39 +01:00 · e1d88ffaab
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 ```

+Set your access key and id as environment variables, so we don't need to pass
+them in through the command line:
+
+```
+export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=MYACCESSKEYID
+export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=MYSECRETACCESSKEY
+```
+
 Then `packer build firstrun.json`

 You should see output like this: