updated the docs to note exporting the AWS_DEFAULT_REGION per issue h…

…ashicorp/terraform-provider-aws#687

docs/ee/QUICKSTART.md

@@ -10,18 +10,31 @@ If you’re new to Terraform and/or want to deploy DC/OS on AWS quickly and effo
 
 # Prerequisites: 
 
-You’ll need Terraform.
+## You’ll need Terraform.
 
 If you're on a Mac environment with homebrew installed, run this command.
 ```bash
 brew install terraform
 ```
 
-For more information on using the AWS Provider with Terraform, see [here](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/).
+For help installing Terraform on a different OS, see [here](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html):
 
-For help installing Terraform on a different OS, see [here]().
 
-DC/OS Enterprise Edition also requires a valid license key provided by Mesosphere that we will pass into our `main.tf` as `dcos_license_key_contents`. You are also going to be required to generate a password hash (see next step below) that you will also pass to the in the `main.tf` to set the password for your desired superuser. 
+## Ensure AWS Default Region
+Current Terraform AWS Provider requires that the default region variable be set. You can set the default region using the following command:
+```bash
+export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="desired-aws-region"
+```
+Example:
+```bash
+export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="us-east-1"
+```
+
+Ensure it is set:
+```bash
+> echo $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+us-east-1
+```
 
 # Generating Password Hash
 For Enterprise Edition, you need to generate a password hash for the superuser account in the cluster. You can generate this hash downloading the installation script and running the following:

docs/open/QUICKSTART.md

@@ -10,16 +10,34 @@ If you’re new to Terraform and/or want to deploy DC/OS on AWS quickly and effo
 
 # Prerequisites: 
 
-You’ll need Terraform.
+## You’ll need Terraform.
 
 If you're on a Mac environment with homebrew installed, run this command.
 ```bash
 brew install terraform
 ```
 
-For more information on using the AWS Provider with Terraform, see [here](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/).
+For help installing Terraform on a different OS, see [here](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html):
+
+
+## Ensure AWS Default Region
+Current Terraform AWS Provider requires that the default region variable be set. You can set the default region using the following command:
+```bash
+export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="desired-aws-region"
+```
+Example:
+```bash
+export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="us-east-1"
+```
+
+Ensure it is set:
+```bash
+> echo $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+us-east-1
+```
+
 
-For help installing Terraform on a different OS, see [here]():
+For more information on using the AWS Provider with Terraform, see [here](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/).
 
 # Creating a Cluster
 

examples/simple-open-source/main.tf

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ variable "cluster_name" {
 }
 
 variable "ssh_public_key_file" {
-  description = <<EOF
-Specify a SSH public key in authorized keys format (e.g. "ssh-rsa ..") to be used with the instances. Make sure you added this key to your ssh-agent
-EOF
+  description = "Path to an SSH public key to be used with the instances. Make sure you added this key to your ssh-agent"
 }
 
 variable "tags" {
@@ -32,4 +30,4 @@ module "dcos" {
 
 output "cluster-address" {
   value = "${module.dcos.masters-loadbalancer}"
-}
+}