The “Unable to find a region via the region provider chain” error is a common issue when using the AWS SDK for Java.
The error occurs because the AWS SDK requires a region to connect to AWS services.
This article explains how to fix the “Unable to Find Region” error in Java AWS SDK.
To generate AWS access keys for programmatic access, go to the IAM service in the AWS Management Console.
The Maven dependencies include aws-java-sdk-core for core AWS utilities like credentials and service communication, and aws-java-sdk-s3 for Amazon S3-specific operations.
To fix this issue, explicitly specify the region when building the AmazonS3 client using the .withRegion() method.
If you prefer not to hardcode the region, you can rely on the default region provider chain, which determines the region automatically.
If you are using the AWS CLI, you can configure your credentials and region.
In this article, we explored the common “Unable to find a region via the region provider chain” error encountered when using the AWS SDK for Java.
We discussed the causes of this issue, primarily stemming from the absence of an explicitly set region, and provided several ways to resolve it.