Update AWS CLI to v2#287
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We are wanting to use AWS CLI features that are only available in v2.¹ In the last attempt to upgrade AWS, the main blocker was the fact that `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` is now required.² For Nextstrain workflows, this is now mitigated by the fact that the shared pathogen-repo-build GH Action workflow sets the envvar.³ We have also been using awscli >= 2 in conda-base without any issues.⁴ ¹ <nextstrain/infra#72 (comment)> ² <#214 (comment)> ³ <https://github.com/nextstrain/.github/blob/5b32fb95e6613823e9cc12e06beec164503980f4/.github/workflows/pathogen-repo-build.yaml#L303> ⁴ <https://github.com/nextstrain/conda-base/blob/dc99d69d91420da760519d54be051452744351f4/src/meta.yaml#L54>
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Will merge and release this tomorrow if there's no feedback. |
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Checked PR image:
$ nextstrain shell --image nextstrain/base:branch-aws-v2 ~/tmp -c 'aws --version'
Entering the Nextstrain runtime (docker)
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aws-cli/2.35.7 Python/3.14.5 Linux/6.12.76-linuxkit exe/aarch64.debian.12
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| # Using `xx-info march` to translate amd64 -> x86_64 and arm64 -> aarch64 | ||
| # based on https://github.com/docker/buildx/discussions/2001 |
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Nice find, this can probably replace builder-scripts/target-triple elsewhere.
| # Using `xx-info march` to translate amd64 -> x86_64 and arm64 -> aarch64 | ||
| # based on https://github.com/docker/buildx/discussions/2001 | ||
| RUN XX_MARCH=$(xx-info march) \ | ||
| && curl -fsSL --proto '=https' "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-${XX_MARCH}.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip" \ |
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We have also been using awscli >= 2 in conda-base without any issues.
I'm guessing there's a good amount of AWS CLI usage not captured by pathogen repo CI (e.g. upload-to-s3), but we can just merge and monitor.
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No obvious errors in today's pathogen workflows, will continue to monitor the rest of the week.
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We are wanting to use AWS CLI features that are only available in v2.¹ In the last attempt to upgrade AWS, the main blocker was the fact that
AWS_DEFAULT_REGIONis now required.² For Nextstrain workflows, this is now mitigated by the fact that the shared pathogen-repo-build GH Action workflow sets the envvar.³ We have also been using awscli >= 2 in conda-base without any issues.⁴¹ nextstrain/infra#72 (comment)
² #214 (comment)
³ https://github.com/nextstrain/.github/blob/5b32fb95e6613823e9cc12e06beec164503980f4/.github/workflows/pathogen-repo-build.yaml#L303
⁴ https://github.com/nextstrain/conda-base/blob/dc99d69d91420da760519d54be051452744351f4/src/meta.yaml#L54
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Resolves #216
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