aws_cli.yml

    #configure awscli
    - name: configure awscli
      sudo: yes
      shell: mkdir -p /home/vagrant/.aws && touch /home/vagrant/.aws/config
    - name: change permissions
      sudo: yes
      shell: chmod -R 666 /home/vagrant/.aws/*
    - name: create default config
      sudo: yes
      shell: echo "[default]" >> /home/vagrant/.aws/config
    - name: add access key
      sudo: yes
      shell: echo "aws_access_key_id={{ ACCESS_KEY }}" >> /home/vagrant/.aws/config
    - name: add secret key
      sudo: yes
      shell: echo "aws_secret_access_key={{ SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" >> /home/vagrant/.aws/config
    - name: default to us-east-1
      sudo: yes
      shell: echo "region=us-east-1" >> /home/vagrant/.aws/config
    - name: default to json.  to use text, can switch to "output=text"
      sudo: yes
      shell: echo "output=json" >> /home/vagrant/.aws/config
    - name: set config file location
      sudo: yes
      shell: echo 'AWS_CONFIG_FILE="/home/vagrant/.aws/config"' >> /etc/environment