From cf2e954529bf35e201aba03092ace1ffcd825fc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pritam <31215724+PritamDutt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 19:26:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH]  Set AWS_DEFAULT_REGION environment variable

Set AWS_DEFAULT_REGION environment variable to one set as default region in security monkey.
---
 security_monkey/__init__.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security_monkey/__init__.py b/security_monkey/__init__.py
index 6015f8636..b61230ddb 100644
--- a/security_monkey/__init__.py
+++ b/security_monkey/__init__.py
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
 
 ARN_PREFIX = 'arn:' + ARN_PARTITION
 
+# Avoid the need for configuring ~/.aws/config file with default region especially in govcloud
+os.environ['AWS_DEFAULT_REGION'] = AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 
 # For ELB and/or Eureka