aws cli error (An error occurred (AuthFailure) AWS was not able to validate the provided access credentials)

Taegu KangTaegu Kang
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  • outline

Timestamp of Authentication tokens get failure because server time on local machine is out of sync.

  • error message
An error occurred (AuthFailure) when calling the DescribeInstances operation: AWS was not able to validate the provided access credentials
  • resolution (WSL, ubuntu)
## chrony
apt -y install chrony
systemctl start chrony
systemctl enable chrony

## hwclock
hwclock -s
echo hwclock -s >> .bashrc

## ntpdate
apt install ntpdate -y
ntpdate -sb time.bora.net
echo ntpdate -sb time.bora.net >> .bashrc
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