aws2-wrap

This is a simple script to make it easier to use AWS Single Sign On credentials with tools that don't understand the sso entries in an AWS profile.

The script provides the following capabilities:

• Running a specified command with the retrieved AWS SSO credentials.
• Exporting the AWS SSO credentials.
• Supporting credential_process within an AWS profile
• Supporting assuming roles within an AWS profile

Please note that the script is called aws2-wrap to show that it works with AWS CLI v2, even though the CLI tool is no longer called aws2.

Install using pip

https://pypi.org/project/aws2-wrap

pip3 install aws2-wrap==1.1.6

Run a command using AWS SSO credentials

aws2-wrap [--profile <awsprofilename>] [--exec] <command>

Note that if you are using --exec and <command> contains spaces, it must be surrounded with double-quotation marks.

You can also specify the profile to be used via AWS_PROFILE which then allows the same profile to be used by subsequent tools and commands.

Examples:

aws2-wrap --profile MySSOProfile terraform plan

aws2-wrap --profile MySSOProfile --exec "terraform plan"

AWS_PROFILE=MySSOProfile aws2-wrap terraform plan

If you are having problems with the user of quotes in the command, you may find one of the other methods works better for you.

Generate a temporary profile in the $AWS_CONFIG_FILE and $AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE file

There are some utilities which work better with the configuration files rather than the environment variables. For example, if you need to access more than one profile at a time.

aws2-wrap --generate --profile $AWS_PROFILE --credentialsfile $AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE --configfile $AWS_CONFIG_FILE --outprofile $DESTINATION_PROFILE

Export the credentials

There may be circumstances when it is easier/better to set the appropriate environment variables so that they can be re-used by any aws command.

Since the script cannot directly set the environment variables in the calling shell process, it is necessary to use the following syntax:

eval "$(aws2-wrap [--profile <awsprofilename>] --export)"

For example:

eval "$(aws2-wrap --profile MySSOProfile --export)"

If you are using PowerShell, the equivalent command is:

aws2-wrap --profile MySSOProfile --export | invoke-expression

Assuming a role via AWS SSO

Your .aws/config file can look like this:

[default]
sso_start_url = xxxxxxxxxxxx
sso_region = us-west-2
sso_account_id = xxxxxxxxxxxx
sso_role_name = SSORoleName

[profile account1]
role_arn = arn:aws:iam::xxxxxxxxxxxx:role/role-to-be-assumed
source_profile = default
region = ap-northeast-1

allowing you to then run:

aws2-wrap --profile account1 <command>

and <command> will be run under role-to-be-assumed.

Use the credentials via .aws/config

If you are using a tool that works with normal AWS credentials but doesn't understand the new AWS SSO credentials, another option is to add a profile to .aws/config that calls the aws2-wrap script.

For example, add the following block to .aws/config:

[profile Wrapped]
credential_process = aws2-wrap --process --profile <awsprofilename>

then, after authentication, you can run any command that uses AWS credentials by specifying the "Wrapped" profile:

aws sso login --profile <awsprofilename>
export AWS_PROFILE=Wrapped
export AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG=1
terraform plan

Note that because the profile is being specified via AWS_PROFILE, it is sometimes necessary (as shown above) to set AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG in order to get tools like terraform to successfully retrieve the credentials.

Credits

Thanks to @damian-bisignano, @flyinprogrammer, @abeluck, @topu, @bigwheel, @krabbit, @jscook2345, @hieki, @blazdivjak, @fukushun1994 and @johann8384 for their contributions.