awsdefault

awsdefault — cli tool

Usage

List all available AWS profiles

• command:

$ awsdefault ls

• example output:

dev
live
personal

Show the current used AWS profile

• command:

$ awsdefault is

• example output:

live

Change the default AWS profile to 'personal'

• command:

$ awsdefault to personal

Disable/unset the AWS profile

command:

$ awsdefault rm

Show the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID of currently used profile

command:

$ awsdefault id

• example output:

AAAAAAABBBBIIIIII

• tip: use it in parameters or bash scripts

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(awsdefault id)

Show the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY of currently used profile

command:

$ awsdefault key

• example output:

aaaaeenntrnggg/trntruaelvii

Print the export command for AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY of currently used profile

command:

$ awsdefault export

• example output:

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AAAAAAABBBBIIIIII
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=aaaaeenntrnggg/trntruaelvii

• tip: add an alias to your .bashrc or .zshrc like

alias awsexport='eval $(awsdefault export)'

Installation

Option 1 — Download binaries

precompiled binaries for Linux, Windows and MacOS are available at the [release] page.

curl 

Option 2 — Compile it

Install the dependencies

• Go is required
• clone this repository:

$ go get github.com/peterbueschel/awsdefault

• go-ini; used for the handling of the AWS credentials file,

$ go get github.com/go-ini/ini

• urfave/cli; used for the cli tool itself

$ go get github.com/urfave/cli

Install the Go binary

Linux

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/peterbueschel/awsdefault/cmd/awsdefault/ && go install

if everything went well, the binary can now be found in the directory $GOPATH/bin

Configure your environment (only first time)

Set the environment variable AWS_PROFILE to default (aws userguide).

Linux

Add the following line to your .xinitrc, .zshrc or .bashrc file:

export AWS_PROFILE=default

Windows

TODO