---
name: "euca-generate-environment-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "euca2ools"
version: "3.3.1-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/euca-generate-environment-config"
---

# euca-generate-environment-config(1)

Read environment variables and euca2ools.ini(5) files to discover the service URLs and credentials for a region, then output shellcode with the corresponding environment variables for that information. This output will contain secret access keys and should be treated with care.

## NAME

euca-generate-environment-config - Read environment variables and [euca2ools.ini(5)](/euca2ools.ini/5.md) files to discover the service URLs and credentials for a region, then output shellcode with the corresponding environment variables for that information.  This output will contain secret access keys and should be treated with care.

## SYNOPSIS

euca-generate-environment-config \[--simple\] \[-I KEY\_ID\] \[-S KEY\]

- \[--security-token TOKEN\]

  \[--region USER@REGION\] \[--debug\] \[--debugger\] \[--version\] \[-h\]

## DESCRIPTION

Read environment variables and [euca2ools.ini(5)](/euca2ools.ini/5.md) files to discover the service URLs and credentials for a region, then output shellcode with the corresponding environment variables for that information.  This output will contain secret access keys and should be treated with care.

### optional arguments:

- **--simple**

  use a simpler output format intended for consumption by scripts

**-I** KEY\_ID, **--access-key-id** KEY\_ID

**-S** KEY, **--secret-key** KEY

**--security-token** TOKEN

- **--region** USER@REGION

  region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

- **--debug**

  show debugging output

- **--debugger**

  launch interactive debugger on error

- **--version**

  show the program's version and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit