@thbishop since the secret_key, access_key are currently being read in from /etc/intu_metadata.d/instance_user I am not sure where to get this information to pass it in as an attribute.

Doesn't /etc/intu_metadata.d/instance_user get created by cloud formation?

I think you are saying do something like this:
``` default['cfn_ohai_plugin']['access_key'] = node['aws']['access_key']```