when everWhen this plugin does not have a connection to cannot contact AWS it breaks many screens. e.g. every screen which wants to that list some credentials in a dropdown will show an error message.
Examples: * Pipeline DSL snippet generator * Global Configuration screen e.g. in [http://localhost:8080/configure] when the [docker-commons-plugin|https://plugins.jenkins.io/docker-commons] or [cloudbees-bitbucket-branch-source-plugin|https://plugins.jenkins.io/cloudbees-bitbucket-branch-source] is installed. * Credentials list screen Also all build accessing any credential will fail, even if the credentials requested by the build are provided by a different credentials-provider (e.g. default jenkins provider). This can easily reproduced by just installing the plugin on a local instance and not configuring anything more.
The exception looks like this: {code:java} com.amazonaws.SdkClientException: Unable to find a region via the region provider chain. Must provide an explicit region in the builder or setup environment to supply a region. at com.amazonaws.client.builder.AwsClientBuilder.setRegion(AwsClientBuilder.java:462) at com.amazonaws.client.builder.AwsClientBuilder.configureMutableProperties(AwsClientBuilder.java:424) at com.amazonaws.client.builder.AwsSyncClientBuilder.build(AwsSyncClientBuilder.java:46) at io.jenkins.plugins.credentials.secretsmanager.AwsCredentialsProvider.fetchCredentials(AwsCredentialsProvider.java:103) at com.google.common.base.Suppliers$ExpiringMemoizingSupplier.get(Suppliers.java:173) at io.jenkins.plugins.credentials.secretsmanager.AwsCredentialsProvider.getCredentials(AwsCredentialsProvider.java:61) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.getCredentials(CredentialsProvider.java:1147) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.getCredentials(CredentialsProvider.java:1222) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.lookupCredentials(CredentialsProvider.java:549) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:906) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:850) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.MultiBinding.getCredentials(MultiBinding.java:144) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.impl.UsernamePasswordMultiBinding.bind(UsernamePasswordMultiBinding.java:75) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.impl.BindingStep$Execution2.doStart(BindingStep.java:135) {code}
This can easily reproduced by just installing the plugin on a local instance and not configuring anything more.
The exception looks like this: {code:java} com.amazonaws.SdkClientException: Unable to find a region via the region provider chain. Must provide an explicit region in the builder or setup environment to supply a region. at com.amazonaws.client.builder.AwsClientBuilder.setRegion(AwsClientBuilder.java:462) at com.amazonaws.client.builder.AwsClientBuilder.configureMutableProperties(AwsClientBuilder.java:424) at com.amazonaws.client.builder.AwsSyncClientBuilder.build(AwsSyncClientBuilder.java:46) at io.jenkins.plugins.credentials.secretsmanager.AwsCredentialsProvider.fetchCredentials(AwsCredentialsProvider.java:103) at com.google.common.base.Suppliers$ExpiringMemoizingSupplier.get(Suppliers.java:173) at io.jenkins.plugins.credentials.secretsmanager.AwsCredentialsProvider.getCredentials(AwsCredentialsProvider.java:61) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.getCredentials(CredentialsProvider.java:1147) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.getCredentials(CredentialsProvider.java:1222) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.lookupCredentials(CredentialsProvider.java:549) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:906) at com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.findCredentialById(CredentialsProvider.java:850) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.MultiBinding.getCredentials(MultiBinding.java:144) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.impl.UsernamePasswordMultiBinding.bind(UsernamePasswordMultiBinding.java:75) at org.jenkinsci.plugins.credentialsbinding.impl.BindingStep$Execution2.doStart(BindingStep.java:135) {code}