https://github.com/jhandguy/aws-mfa

Authenticate to AWS with MFA 🔐
https://github.com/jhandguy/aws-mfa

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Authenticate to AWS with MFA 🔐

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jhandguy/aws-mfa
• Owner: jhandguy
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-08-30T12:06:47.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-13T19:02:04.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-14T09:44:07.654Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: 2fa, aws, mfa, rust
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 326 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# aws-mfa

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Authenticate to AWS with MFA 🔐

```shell

➜ aws-mfa

Authenticate to AWS with MFA 🔐

Usage: aws-mfa 

Commands:

  file  Authenticate to AWS with MFA using config and credentials files

  env   Authenticate to AWS with MFA using environment variables

  help  Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:

  -h, --help     Print help

  -V, --version  Print version

```

## Installation

**aws-mfa** is published on [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/aws-mfa) and can be installed with

```shell

cargo install aws-mfa

```

or via [homebrew-tap](https://github.com/jhandguy/homebrew-tap) with

```shell

brew install jhandguy/tap/aws-mfa

```

or downloaded as binary from the [releases page](https://github.com/jhandguy/aws-mfa/releases).

## Usage

### Config and credentials files

Add default region in `~/.aws/config`:

```text

[profile -noauth]

region = 

[profile ]

region = 

```

Add basic credentials in `~/.aws/credentials`:

```text

[-noauth]

aws_access_key_id = 

aws_secret_access_key = 

```

> **Note**: make sure to add the `-noauth` suffix to the profile name

Run the `aws-mfa file` command:

```shell

aws-mfa file -p  -c 

```

Check generated credentials in `~/.aws/credentials`:

```shell

cat ~/.aws/credentials

```

```text

[]

aws_access_key_id = 

aws_secret_access_key = 

aws_session_token = 

aws_session_expiration_timestamp = 

```

### Environment variables

Export default region and basic credentials as environment variables:

```shell

export AWS_REGION=

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=

export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=

```

Eval the `aws-mfa env` command:

```shell

eval $(aws-mfa env -c )

```

Check exported environment variables:

```shell

env | grep AWS_

```

```text

AWS_REGION=

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=

AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=

AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=

AWS_SESSION_EXPIRATION_TIMESTAMP=

```