```missing required configuration key aws region The region

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```missing required configuration key aws region The region where AWS operations will take place Examples are us east 1 us west 2 etc Set a value using the command `pulumi config set aws region lt value gt ````

little-soccer-5693 · Answer

i hit this using the CLI previously on a freshly installed os image if i recall the root cause was that my default AWS region was not set in aws config error message is a a little non intuitive since it implied the problem was with pulumi rather than the aws environment that pulumi was inheriting

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

You can set pulumi stack configuration values as a part of setup before running your program Multiple examples here <https github com pulumi automation api examples search q=setconfig>

lemon-agent-27707 · Answer

Codifying things like AWS region as a part of stack config is recommended You can certainly inherit values from the ambient environment but if you have a teammate or CI system try to run the project config will make thing more reproducible