Unable to load AWS credentials from the /AwsCredentials.properties file on the classpath

I made the connection using a different approach:

BasicAWSCredentials credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(ACCESS_KEY, SECRET_KEY);
AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient(credentials).withRegion(Regions.US_EAST_1);
DynamoDB dynamoDB = new DynamoDB(client);

The access key and the secret key can be created in the Identity and Access Management console. I hope it helps...

You can use DefaultAwsCredentialsProviderChain(), which according to the documentation, looks for credentials in this order:

1. Environment Variables - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (recommended since they are recognized by all AWS SDKs and CLI except for .NET), or AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET_KEY (only recognized by the Java SDK)
2. Java System Properties - aws.accessKeyId and aws.secretKey
3. Credential profiles file at the default location (~/.aws/credentials) shared by all AWS SDKs and the AWS CLI
4. Instance profile credentials delivered through the Amazon EC2 metadata service

AWSCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new ProfileCredentialsProvider();
new AmazonEC2Client(credentialsProvider)

.aws/credentials

[default]
aws_access_key_id =
aws_secret_access_key =