Dont specify AWS credential chain, use default

closes #1078

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ based on _prefix_ in addition to globs. This means that a filter like
 - [#1058](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1058): Fix possible leaky TCP connections in influxdb output.
 - [#1044](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1044): Fix SNMP OID possible collisions. Thanks @relip
 - [#1022](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1022): Dont error deb/rpm install on systemd errors.
+- [#1078](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1078): Use default AWS credential chain.
 
 ## v0.12.1 [2016-04-14]
 

plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/ec2rolecreds"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
@@ -154,12 +151,6 @@ func init() {
 func (c *CloudWatch) initializeCloudWatch() error {
 	config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(c.Region),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewChainCredentials(
-			[]credentials.Provider{
-				&ec2rolecreds.EC2RoleProvider{Client: ec2metadata.New(session.New())},
-				&credentials.EnvProvider{},
-				&credentials.SharedCredentialsProvider{},
-			}),
 	}
 
 	c.client = cloudwatch.New(session.New(config))

plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/ec2rolecreds"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
 
@@ -43,12 +40,6 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) Description() string {
 func (c *CloudWatch) Connect() error {
 	Config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(c.Region),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewChainCredentials(
-			[]credentials.Provider{
-				&ec2rolecreds.EC2RoleProvider{Client: ec2metadata.New(session.New())},
-				&credentials.EnvProvider{},
-				&credentials.SharedCredentialsProvider{},
-			}),
 	}
 
 	svc := cloudwatch.New(session.New(Config))

plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials/ec2rolecreds"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kinesis"
 
@@ -67,12 +64,6 @@ func (k *KinesisOutput) Connect() error {
 	}
 	Config := &aws.Config{
 		Region: aws.String(k.Region),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewChainCredentials(
-			[]credentials.Provider{
-				&ec2rolecreds.EC2RoleProvider{Client: ec2metadata.New(session.New())},
-				&credentials.EnvProvider{},
-				&credentials.SharedCredentialsProvider{},
-			}),
 	}
 	svc := kinesis.New(session.New(Config))