AccessDeniedException when using CLI aws cloud9 update-environment --environment-id $C9_PID --managed-credentials-action DISABLE

Question

I am doing this command from my cloud9 environment.  I am logged in as owner of the cloud9 environment.   I am using aws-cli/2.7.20

```
ec2-user:~/environment $ aws cloud9 update-environment  --environment-id $C9_PID --managed-credentials-action DISABLE
An error occurred (AccessDeniedException) when calling the UpdateEnvironment operation: arn:aws:sts::233287386565:assumed-role/cst438-cloud9-containers-role/i-02aef2188aaf75d2e isn't allowed to manage credentials because they're not the environment owner
```

But I am the environment owner.  After receiving this error I do

```
aws cloud9 describe-environments --environment-id 18f34fb0bdd8451ba008fe7ac2c74093
{
    "environments": [
        {
            "id": "18f34fb0bdd8451ba008fe7ac2c74093",
            "name": "cst438",
            "description": "",
            "type": "ec2",
            "connectionType": "CONNECT_SSH",
            "arn": "arn:aws:cloud9:us-west-2:233287386565:environment:18f34fb0bdd8451ba008fe7ac2c74093",
            "ownerArn": "arn:aws:iam::233287386565:root",
            "lifecycle": {
                "status": "CREATED"
            },
            "managedCredentialsStatus": "DISABLED_BY_OWNER"
        }
    ]
}
```

which shows the command did successfully disable the managed credentials status.  So why the exception message?

David

Answer

Are you sure you didn't set it manually or set it using a different role? What I'm reading here is that when you use the cli, it's in fact using the rotated temporary credentials of cloud9, which in this case are not the env owner.

You can try disable the credentials here and aws configure as the root and try?

You can try disable the credentials [here](https://pcluster-sarus-gromacs.workshop.aws/setup/cloud9/disable-cred.html) and aws configure as the root and try?

AccessDeniedException when using CLI aws cloud9 update-environment --environment-id $C9_PID --managed-credentials-action DISABLE

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