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Error Details

local.ERROR: Error retrieving credentials from the instance profile metadata service. (cURL error 7:  (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/)

This is the solution for when this error occurs.

Solution

The cause of the error was that in AWS IAM,

1. The access key was incorrectly set
2. The secret key was incorrectly set

Where to Fix

Modify /config/services.php

    'ses' => [
       'key' => env('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),
       'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),
       'region' => env('AWS_DEFAULT_REGION', 'us-east-1'),
    ],

Modify /.env

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=Insert Access Key Here
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=Insert Secret Key Here

Apply changes with command

php artisan config:clear

or,

php artisan config:cache

If these settings are correct, the error message should change to a different one.

This article is a solution article for bugs, so if you are unsure about the implementation to begin with, please refer to the documentation or other articles below.

Official Documentation

Article for those who are not familiar with config and env

Conclusion

That's all.

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