aws-mfa-session

Generate MFA session credentials for aws-cli.

Install

npm i aws-mfa-session

Usage

The script can be configured with arguments and/or environment variables.

Environment variables

• AWS credentials set via environment variables take precedence over the values found in /home/<USER>/.aws/credentials.
• The values assigned to aws-mfa-session environment variables take precedence over the values passed with flags.

  • The aws-mfa-session script can be configured via the following environment variables.

    $AWS_MFA_SESSION_DURATION
    $AWS_PROFILE_NAME
    $AWS_ROLE_ARN
    $AWS_ROLE_NAME
    

Argument flags

• [ -a | --assume-role ]: This flag is for passing a role name
• [ -c | --cli ]: This flag is for passing 'aws' commands
• [ -d | --duration ]: This flag is for passing the MFA session duration (DEFAULT: 86400)
• [ -p | --profile ]: This flag is for passing a profile name (DEFAULT: 'default')
• [ -r | --role-arn ]: This flag is for passing the role ARN
• [ -t | --token-code ]: This flag is for passing an MFA token code

Notes

• If only --profile is passed as an argument, only the MFA session credentials will be generated.
• If only --profile and --assume-role are passed as arguments, both MFA and role session credentials will be generated.

Examples

Configure the script via argument flags and generate MFA session credentials.

  $ /path/to/aws-mfa-session.sh -p <AWS_PROFILE_NAME>
  $ aws --profile <AWS_PROFILE_NAME>-mfa-session sts assume-role --role-arn <AWS_ROLE_ARN> --role-session-name <AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME>"

Configure the script via argument flags and generate MFA + role session credentials.

  $ /path/to/aws-mfa-session.sh -p <AWS_PROFILE_NAME> -a <AWS_ROLE_NAME>
  $ aws --profile <AWS_ROLE_NAME> s3 ls <S3_BUCKET_URL>

Configure the script via argument flags and environment variables then run an 'aws' command as a child process.

  $ AWS_ROLE_NAME=<AWS_ROLE_NAME>
  $ /path/to/aws-mfa-session.sh -p <AWS_PROFILE_NAME> -c 'aws s3 ls <S3_BUCKET_URL>'

Configure the script via environment variables and source it.

• A) Set $AWS_PROFILE_NAME and $AWS_ROLE_NAME then source the script.

  #!/usr/bin/env sh
  
  # Will fallback to 'default' if not set
  AWS_PROFILE_NAME='<AWS_PROFILE_NAME>'
  export AWS_PROFILE_NAME
  
  AWS_ROLE_NAME='<AWS_ROLE_NAME>'
  export AWS_ROLE_NAME
  
  # Generate the session credentials
  . /path/to/aws-mfa-session.sh
  
  # 'aws-cli' commands go here...
  

• B) Set the AWS credentials and $AWS_ROLE_ARN then source the script.

  #!/usr/bin/env sh
  
  AWS_ROLE_ARN=<AWS_ROLE_ARN>
  export AWS_ROLE_ARN
  
  # Alternatively, if '$AWS_PROFILE_NAME' is set the
  # access id and secret key do not need to be set here
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID>
  export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  
  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
  export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  
  # Generate the session credentials
  . /path/to/aws-mfa-session.sh
  
  # 'aws-cli' commands go here...
  

Configuration files

A very simple configuration should look something like this before running the aws-mfa-session script:

• /home/<USER>/.aws/credentials

  [default]
  aws_access_key_id = AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  
  [<profile_name>]
  aws_access_key_id = AKIAIOSHSWBG7EXAMPLE
  aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnRYBQ/K7MTONJ/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  

• /home/<USER>/.aws/config

  [default]
  region = ca-central-1
  
  [profile <role_name>]
  region = ca-central-1
  role_arn = arn:aws:iam::xxxxxxxxxxxx:role/<ROLE_NAME>
  

Once the aws-mfa-session script has run the above configuration should now look somethig like this:

• /home/<USER>/.aws/credentials

  [default]
  aws_access_key_id = AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  
  [<profile_name>]
  aws_access_key_id = AKIAIOSHSWBG7EXAMPLE
  aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnRYBQ/K7MTONJ/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  
  [<profile_name>-mfa-session]
  aws_access_key_id = AKIAUGDWQFHJ7EXAMPLE
  aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnRYBQ/YRNHMKL/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  
  [<role_name]
  aws_access_key_id = AKIANEQJSRPC7EXAMPLE
  aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnRYBQ/UAHTMPD/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  aws_session_token = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  

• /home/<USER>/.aws/config

  [default]
  region = ca-central-1
  
  [profile <role_name>]
  region = ca-central-1
  role_arn = arn:aws:iam::xxxxxxxxxxxx:role/<ROLE_NAME>
  source_profile = <profile_name>-mfa-session
  
  [profile <profile_name>-mfa-session]
  session_expiry_date = 1501010101