Additional client changes - AWS SDK for Java
Default client changes

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Additional client changes

This topic describes additional changes to the default client in the AWS SDK for Java 2.x.

Default client changes

  • The default credential provider chain for Amazon S3 no longer includes anonymous credentials. You must specify anonymous access to Amazon S3 manually by using the AnonymousCredentialsProvider.

  • The following environment variables related to default client creation have been changed.

    1.x 2.x

    AWS_CBOR_DISABLED

    CBOR_ENABLED

    AWS_ION_BINARY_DISABLE

    BINARY_ION_ENABLED

  • The following system properties related to default client creation have been changed.

    1.x 2.x

    com.amazonaws.sdk.disableEc2Metadata

    aws.disableEc2Metadata

    com.amazonaws.sdk.ec2MetadataServiceEndpointOverride

    aws.ec2MetadataServiceEndpoint

    com.amazonaws.sdk.disableCbor

    aws.cborEnabled

    com.amazonaws.sdk.disableIonBinary

    aws.binaryIonEnabled

  • The following system properties are no longer supported in 2.x.

    1.x

    com.amazonaws.sdk.disableCertChecking

    com.amazonaws.sdk.enableDefaultMetrics

    com.amazonaws.sdk.enableThrottledRetry

    com.amazonaws.regions.RegionUtils.fileOverride

    com.amazonaws.regions.RegionUtils.disableRemote

    com.amazonaws.services.s3.disableImplicitGlobalClients

    com.amazonaws.sdk.enableInRegionOptimizedMode

  • Loading Region configuration from a custom endpoints.json file is no longer supported.