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aws-vault — A vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments. More informa

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Problem

How to use the aws-vault command: A vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments. More information: <https://github.com/99designs/aws-vault>.

Solution

aws-vault — A vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments. More information: <https://github.com/99designs/aws-vault>.

Add credentials to the secure keystore:

aws-vault add {{profile}}

Execute a command with AWS credentials in the environment:

aws-vault exec {{profile}} -- {{aws s3 ls}}

Open a browser window and login to the AWS Console:

aws-vault login {{profile}}

List profiles, along with their credentials and sessions:

aws-vault list

Rotate AWS credentials:

aws-vault rotate {{profile}}

Remove credentials from the secure keystore:

aws-vault remove {{profile}}

Code Snippets

Add credentials to the secure keystore

aws-vault add {{profile}}

Execute a command with AWS credentials in the environment

aws-vault exec {{profile}} -- {{aws s3 ls}}

Open a browser window and login to the AWS Console

aws-vault login {{profile}}

List profiles, along with their credentials and sessions

aws-vault list

Rotate AWS credentials

aws-vault rotate {{profile}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/aws-vault

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