When I specify regions in aws.yml
, does it also download resources that are global?
While resources may be global, all resources have credentials scoped to specific regions because all authenticated API calls are scoped to a specific region, which is part of the AWS SigV4 spec. We use that region as the owner of the resource. For most global resources, it will be us-east-1
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The file that defines what region each service can accept signed requests from can be found here: partition_service_region.json.
So to answer your question more directly, the answer is no, global resources are not included unless the region that owns them is specified.