aws-setup.md

Quick guide to AWS set up on Linux

Somewhat helpful article to complement below instructions

https://www.tastycidr.net/using-aws-vault-with-linux/

Quick command guide

https://github.com/FernandoMiguel/aws-vault-quick-guide

Install AWS cli

Install aws-vault

curl -Lo aws-vault https://github.com/99designs/aws-vault/releases/download/v4.2.1/aws-vault-linux-amd64 && chmod +x aws-vault && sudo cp aws-vault /usr/bin/aws-vault

Add stuff to bash_profile

export AWS_VAULT_BACKEND=file

If using many profiles with MFA

Make sure each profile has the mfa_serial line

Adding new profiles

1. In the config file, add [{profile name}].
2. In the terminal run aws-vault --backend=file add {profile name}
3. Add profile credentials as prompted inthe terminal

Commands

List active sessions

aws-vault --backend=file list

To kill a session

aws-vault --backend=file remove {profile-name} --sessions-only

Deploy from the folder where the function lives

aws-vault --backend=file exec {profile-name} -- npm run deploy

Random AWS command

aws-vault --backend=file exec {profile-name} -- aws ec2 describe-instances

If using aws-sdk

aws-sdk will pick up on credentials from ~/.aws/credentials, so use `export AWS_PROFILE='{profile-name}'