aws-cli-config 1.3.2

This tool helps to configure the .aws/config and .aws/credentials for multi-account and multi-role AWS environments in which identities (IAM users) are deployed in a centralized account. IAM Roles are used to log into the accounts of an AWS organization.

How to install aws-cli-config

The tool can be installed issuing the following command:

pip install aws-cli-config

If the installation is successful, an configuration file is created in the user home folder. On unix-like systems, this file can be found under /Users/<my-username>/.aws-cli-config

How to configure aws-cli-config

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, file named .aws-cli-config is automatically created in the user home folder. This file can be personalized to contain an unlimited number of AWS organizations, AWS accounts, and IAM roles. Herewith is presented a short example with 2 AWS organizations:

• Organization-1 has 2 accounts (Account A and Account B) with 3 IAM roles each
• Organization-2 has 1 account (Account A) with 3 IAM roles

profiles:
  # Organizations / Groups
  org1:
    # The following profiles must be already present in the .aws/config file
    profile_default: org1-default
    profile_mfa: org1-mfa-enabled-profile
    # List of accounts in the organization 1
    accounts:
      # ---------------------------------------------------------
      # The following are roles deployed in the Account A (org 1)
      # ---------------------------------------------------------
      - profile_prefix: org1-account-A
        account_source: org1-mfa-enabled-profile
        account_id: 000000000000
        account_roles:
          role_1: org1-aws-iam-role-1
          role_2: org1-aws-iam-role-2
          role_n: org1-aws-iam-role-n
      # -------------------------------------------------
      # The following are roles deployed in the Account B (org 1)
      # -------------------------------------------------
      - profile_prefix: org1-account-B
        account_source: org1-mfa-enabled-profile
        account_id: 000000000000
        account_roles:
          role_1: org1-aws-iam-role-1
          role_2: org1-aws-iam-role-2
          role_n: org1-aws-iam-role-n

  org2:
    # The following profiles must be already present in the .aws/config file
    profile_default: org2-default
    profile_mfa: org2-mfa-enabled-profile
    # List of accounts in the organization 2
    accounts:
      # ---------------------------------------------
      - profile_prefix: org2-account-A
        account_source: org2-mfa-enabled-profile
        account_id: 000000000000
        account_roles:
          role_1: org2-aws-iam-role-1
          role_2: org2-aws-iam-role-2
          role_n: org2-aws-iam-role-n

Given the above configuration file, the .aws/credentials file must contain the following entries:

[org1-default]
aws_access_key_id = <REDACTED>
aws_secret_access_key = <REDACTED>
region = eu-west-1
output = json

[org1-mfa-enabled-profile]
aws_arn_mfa = <REDACTED>


[org2-default]
aws_access_key_id = <REDACTED>
aws_secret_access_key = <REDACTED>
region = eu-west-1
output = json

[org2-mfa-enabled-profile]
aws_arn_mfa = <REDACTED>

The REDACTED values must be retrieved from the AWS account into which the IAM Users are provisioned, and from where the STS Assume Role operation is executed.

How to use aws-cli-config

Assume the configured roles using MFA

aws-cli-config <org> <mfa-token>

Listing all the available roles (and their alias)

aws-cli-config -l <org>

org1-account-A (000000000000)
[1] org1-account-A_role_1 (org1-aws-iam-role-1)
[2] org1-account-A_role_2 (org1-aws-iam-role-2)
[3] org1-account-A_role_n (org1-aws-iam-role-n)
org1-account-B (000000000000)
[1] org1-account-B_role_1 (org1-aws-iam-role-1)
[2] org1-account-B_role_2 (org1-aws-iam-role-2)
[3] org1-account-B_role_n (org1-aws-iam-role-n)
org2-account-A (000000000000)
[1] org2-account-A_role_1 (org2-aws-iam-role-1)
[2] org2-account-A_role_2 (org2-aws-iam-role-2)
[3] org2-account-A_role_n (org2-aws-iam-role-n)

Exporting a profile to the environment

Once Assume Role with MFA operation is completed the .aws/credentials and .aws/config files are updated with the newly generated temporary credentials. You can test if the credentials are correctly loaded with the following command:

export AWS_PROFILE=org1-account-A_role_1 
aws s3 ls 

A list of S3 buckets in the Account A (Org1) will be listed (assuming that role_1 has sufficient privileges).

Supported arguments

usage: aws-cli-config [-h] [-l] [--aws-cli-config-filepath AWS_CLI_CONFIG_FILEPATH] [--max-role-duration MAX_ROLE_DURATION] [-v] [profile] [mfa]

positional arguments:
  profile               the name of the AWS parent profile / name of the AWS Organization group
  mfa                   the MFA code generated with an external hardware/virtual device

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l, --list            list accounts and roles for an organization/profile
  --aws-cli-config-filepath AWS_CLI_CONFIG_FILEPATH
                        filepath of the YML config file containing the multi-account/multi-role structure
  --max-role-duration MAX_ROLE_DURATION
                        the duration (in seconds) of the AWS IAM role session
  -v, --verbose         verbose mode