It can't be named generically because the problem here is inconsistency between the environment variable method and the key file method. If you name them more generically, you will have conflicts when you try to use ENV[key_id]

Justin Reese
@justinxreese

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Jeff Koenig <notifications@github.com>
wrote:

>> @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ __2.__ Create one of the following files with access credentials:
>>  
>>  The Scalr access credentials should be in the file like this:
>>  
>> -    KEY_ID     = 46ab...
>> -    ACCESS_KEY = nxm+4hN...
>> +    SCALR_KEY_ID     = 46ab...
>> +    SCALR_ACCESS_KEY = nxm+4hN...
> Too much change to do this? 
> ```
> if ENV['SCALR_KEY_ID'] && ENV['SCALR_ACCESS_KEY']
>       Scalr.key_id = ENV['SCALR_KEY_ID']
>       Scalr.access_key = ENV['SCALR_ACCESS_KEY']
>     elsif access_file = resolve_access_info_file
>       scalr_access_info = Scalr.hash_from_file(access_file)
>       Scalr.key_id = scalr_access_info[:scalr_key_id]
>       Scalr.access_key = scalr_access_info[:scalr_access_key]
>     end
> ```
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