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Problem When AWS STS module is included in a Spring Boot Application, exception complaining region not set is thrown. Maven pom.xml <dependency> <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId> <artifactId>sts</artifactId> </dependency> Error M...

Jul 19, 2023 · 1 min read · blog.adafycheng.dev  
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