@aws-sdk/credential-providers

What is @aws-sdk/credential-providers?

The @aws-sdk/credential-providers package provides a set of functions to retrieve AWS credentials from various sources. It is part of the AWS SDK for JavaScript (v3) and is designed to work seamlessly with other @aws-sdk packages. It allows developers to obtain credentials from sources like environment variables, AWS configuration files, and EC2 instance metadata, among others.

What are @aws-sdk/credential-providers's main functionalities?

Environment Credentials

This feature allows you to create a credentials provider that will read AWS credentials from environment variables (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, and optionally AWS_SESSION_TOKEN).

const { fromEnv } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-providers');
const credentials = fromEnv();

Configuration File Credentials

This feature enables you to create a credentials provider that will read AWS credentials from a shared AWS configuration file (typically located at ~/.aws/credentials). You can specify a profile to use.

const { fromIni } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-providers');
const credentials = fromIni({ profile: 'my-profile' });

EC2 Instance Metadata Credentials

This feature provides a credentials provider that retrieves AWS credentials from the EC2 instance metadata service. It is useful when running code on an EC2 instance with an attached IAM role.

const { fromInstanceMetadata } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-providers');
const credentials = fromInstanceMetadata();

Web Identity Token File Credentials

This feature is for creating a credentials provider that can assume an IAM role by using a web identity token file, which is useful in Kubernetes environments that use AWS IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA).

const { fromTokenFile } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-providers');
const credentials = fromTokenFile({
  roleArn: 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/my-role',
  roleSessionName: 'my-session-name'
});

SSO Credentials

This feature allows you to create a credentials provider that retrieves AWS credentials using AWS Single Sign-On (SSO). This is useful for developers who use AWS SSO for authentication.

const { fromSSO } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-providers');
const credentials = fromSSO({ profile: 'my-sso-profile' });

Other packages similar to @aws-sdk/credential-providers

aws-sdk

The original AWS SDK for JavaScript (v2) includes credential management as part of its core functionality. It automatically handles credential provision from various sources similar to @aws-sdk/credential-providers but is less modular.

aws-credentials

This package provides a way to load AWS credentials from environment variables or files. It is not as comprehensive or up-to-date as @aws-sdk/credential-providers and lacks support for newer AWS credential sources.

aws-profile-utils

A utility package for managing AWS profiles and credentials. While it provides some similar functionality, it is more focused on profile management and does not offer the same level of integration with the AWS SDK.

README

@aws-sdk/credential-providers

A collection of all credential providers, with default clients.

Table of Contents

1. From Cognito Identity
2. From Cognito Identity Pool
3. From Temporary Credentials
4. From Web Token
   1. Examples
5. From Token File
6. From Instance and Container Metadata Service
7. From Shared INI files
   1. Sample Files
8. From Environmental Variables
9. From Credential Process
   1. Sample files
10. From Single Sign-On Service
    1. Supported Configuration
    2. SSO login with AWS CLI
    3. Sample Files

fromCognitoIdentity()

The function fromCognitoIdentity() returns CredentialsProvider that retrieves credentials for the provided identity ID. See GetCredentialsForIdentity API for more information.

import { fromCognitoIdentity } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromCognitoIdentity } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  region,
  credentials: fromCognitoIdentity({
    // Required. The unique identifier for the identity against which credentials
    // will be issued.
    identityId: "us-east-1:128d0a74-c82f-4553-916d-90053example",
    // Optional. The ARN of the role to be assumed when multiple roles were received in the token
    // from the identity provider.
    customRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/MYAPP-CognitoIdentity",
    // Optional. A set of name-value pairs that map provider names to provider tokens.
    // Required when using identities associated with external identity providers such as Facebook.
    logins: {
      "graph.facebook.com": "FBTOKEN",
      "www.amazon.com": "AMAZONTOKEN",
      "accounts.google.com": "GOOGLETOKEN",
      "api.twitter.com": "TWITTERTOKEN'",
      "www.digits.com": "DIGITSTOKEN",
    },
    // Optional. Custom client config if you need overwrite default Cognito Identity client
    // configuration.
    clientConfig: { region },
  }),
});

fromCognitoIdentityPool()

The function fromCognitoIdentityPool() returns CredentialProvider that calls GetId API to obtain an identityId, then generates temporary AWS credentials with GetCredentialsForIdentity API, see fromCognitoIdentity().

Results from GetId are cached internally, but results from GetCredentialsForIdentity are not.

import { fromCognitoIdentityPool } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromCognitoIdentityPool } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  region,
  credentials: fromCognitoIdentityPool({
    // Required. The unique identifier for the identity pool from which an identity should be
    // retrieved or generated.
    identityPoolId: "us-east-1:1699ebc0-7900-4099-b910-2df94f52a030",
    // Optional. A standard AWS account ID (9+ digits)
    accountId: "123456789",
    // Optional. A cache in which to store resolved Cognito IdentityIds.
    cache: custom_storage,
    // Optional. A unique identifier for the user used to cache Cognito IdentityIds on a per-user
    // basis.
    userIdentifier: "user_0",
    // Optional. The ARN of the role to be assumed when multiple roles were received in the token
    // from the identity provider.
    customRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/MYAPP-CognitoIdentity",
    // Optional. A set of name-value pairs that map provider names to provider tokens.
    // Required when using identities associated with external identity providers such as Facebook.
    logins: {
      "graph.facebook.com": "FBTOKEN",
      "www.amazon.com": "AMAZONTOKEN",
      "accounts.google.com": "GOOGLETOKEN",
      "api.twitter.com": "TWITTERTOKEN",
      "www.digits.com": "DIGITSTOKEN",
    },
    // Optional. Custom client config if you need overwrite default Cognito Identity client
    // configuration.
    clientConfig: { region },
  }),
});

fromTemporaryCredentials()

The function fromTemporaryCredentials returns CredentialProvider that retrieves temporary credentials from STS AssumeRole API.

import { fromTemporaryCredentials } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromTemporaryCredentials } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  region,
  credentials: fromTemporaryCredentials(
    // Optional. The master credentials used to get and refresh temporary credentials from AWS STS.
    // If skipped, it uses the default credential resolved by internal STS client.
    masterCredentials: fromTemporaryCredentials({
      params: { RoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/RoleA" }
    }),
    // Required. Options passed to STS AssumeRole operation.
    params: {
      // Required. ARN of role to assume.
      RoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/RoleB",
      // Optional. An identifier for the assumed role session. If skipped, it generates a random
      // session name with prefix of 'aws-sdk-js-'.
      RoleSessionName: "aws-sdk-js-123",
      // Optional. The duration, in seconds, of the role session.
      DurationSeconds: 3600
      // ... For more options see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRole.html
    },
    // Optional. Custom STS client configurations overriding the default ones.
    clientConfig: { region },
    // Optional. A function that returns a promise fulfilled with an MFA token code for the provided
    // MFA Serial code. Required if `params` has `SerialNumber` config.
    mfaCodeProvider: async mfaSerial => {
      return "token"
    }
  ),
});

fromWebToken()

The function fromWebToken returns CredentialProvider that gets credentials calling STS AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity API

import { fromWebToken } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromWebToken } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  region,
  credentials: fromWebToken({
    // Required. ARN of the role that the caller is assuming.
    roleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/RoleA",
    // Required. The OAuth 2.0 access token or OpenID Connect ID token that is provided by the
    // identity provider.
    webIdentityToken: await openIdProvider(),
    // Optional. Custom STS client configurations overriding the default ones.
    clientConfig: { region },
    // Optional. A function that assumes a role with web identity and returns a promise fulfilled
    // with credentials for the assumed role.
    roleAssumerWithWebIdentity,
    // Optional. An identifier for the assumed role session.
    roleSessionName: "session_123",
    // Optional. The fully qualified host component of the domain name of the identity provider.
    providerId: "graph.facebook.com",
    // Optional. ARNs of the IAM managed policies that you want to use as managed session.
    policyArns: [{ arn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:policy/SomePolicy" }],
    // Optional. An IAM policy in JSON format that you want to use as an inline session policy.
    policy: "JSON_STRING",
    // Optional. The duration, in seconds, of the role session. Default to 3600.
    durationSeconds: 7200,
  }),
});

Examples

You can directly configure individual identity providers to access AWS resources using web identity federation. AWS currently supports authenticating users using web identity federation through several identity providers:

• Login with Amazon

• Facebook Login

• Google Sign-in

You must first register your application with the providers that your application supports. Next, create an IAM role and set up permissions for it. The IAM role you create is then used to grant the permissions you configured for it through the respective identity provider. For example, you can set up a role that allows users who logged in through Facebook to have read access to a specific Amazon S3 bucket you control.

After you have both an IAM role with configured privileges and an application registered with your chosen identity providers, you can set up the SDK to get credentials for the IAM role using helper code, as follows:

The value in the ProviderId parameter depends on the specified identity provider. The value in the WebIdentityToken parameter is the access token retrieved from a successful login with the identity provider. For more information on how to configure and retrieve access tokens for each identity provider, see the documentation for the identity provider.

fromContainerMetadata() and fromInstanceMetadata()

fromContainerMetadata and fromInstanceMetadata will create CredentialProvider functions that read from the ECS container metadata service and the EC2 instance metadata service, respectively.

import { fromInstanceMetadata } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromInstanceMetadata } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  credentials: fromInstanceMetadata({
    // Optional. The connection timeout (in milliseconds) to apply to any remote requests.
    // If not specified, a default value of `1000` (one second) is used.
    timeout: 1000,
    // Optional. The maximum number of times any HTTP connections should be retried. If not
    // specified, a default value of `0` will be used.
    maxRetries: 0,
  }),
});

import { fromContainerMetadata } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromContainerMetadata } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  credentials: fromContainerMetadata({
    // Optional. The connection timeout (in milliseconds) to apply to any remote requests.
    // If not specified, a default value of `1000` (one second) is used.
    timeout: 1000,
    // Optional. The maximum number of times any HTTP connections should be retried. If not
    // specified, a default value of `0` will be used.
    maxRetries: 0,
  }),
});

A CredentialProvider function created with fromContainerMetadata will return a promise that will resolve with credentials for the IAM role associated with containers in an Amazon ECS task. Please see IAM Roles for Tasks for more information on using IAM roles with Amazon ECS.

A CredentialProvider function created with fromInstanceMetadata will return a promise that will resolve with credentials for the IAM role associated with an EC2 instance. Please see IAM Roles for Amazon EC2 for more information on using IAM roles with Amazon EC2. Both IMDSv1 (a request/response method) and IMDSv2 (a session-oriented method) are supported.

Please see Configure the instance metadata service for more information.

fromIni()

fromIni creates CredentialProvider functions that read from a shared credentials file at ~/.aws/credentials and a shared configuration file at ~/.aws/config. Both files are expected to be INI formatted with section names corresponding to profiles. Sections in the credentials file are treated as profile names, whereas profile sections in the config file must have the format of [profile profile-name], except for the default profile. Please see the sample files below for examples of well-formed configuration and credentials files.

Profiles that appear in both files will not be merged, and the version that appears in the credentials file will be given precedence over the profile found in the config file.

import { fromIni } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromIni } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  credentials: fromIni({
    // Optional. The configuration profile to use. If not specified, the provider will use the value
    // in the `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable or a default of `default`.
    profile: "profile",
    // Optional. The path to the shared credentials file. If not specified, the provider will use
    // the value in the `AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE` environment variable or a default of
    // `~/.aws/credentials`.
    filepath: "~/.aws/credentials",
    // Optional. The path to the shared config file. If not specified, the provider will use the
    // value in the `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/config`.
    configFilepath: "~/.aws/config",
    // Optional. A function that returns a a promise fulfilled with an MFA token code for the
    // provided MFA Serial code. If a profile requires an MFA code and `mfaCodeProvider` is not a
    // valid function, the credential provider promise will be rejected.
    mfaCodeProvider: async (mfaSerial) => {
      return "token";
    },
    // Optional. Custom STS client configurations overriding the default ones.
    clientConfig: { region },
  }),
});

Sample files

~/.aws/credentials

[default]
aws_access_key_id=foo
aws_secret_access_key=bar

[dev]
aws_access_key_id=foo2
aws_secret_access_key=bar2

~/.aws/config

[default]
aws_access_key_id=foo
aws_secret_access_key=bar

[profile dev]
aws_access_key_id=foo2
aws_secret_access_key=bar2

profile with source profile

[second]
aws_access_key_id=foo
aws_secret_access_key=bar

[first]
source_profile=second
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn

profile with source provider

You can supply credential_source options to tell the SDK where to source credentials for the call to AssumeRole. The supported credential providers are listed below:

[default]
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
credential_source = Ec2InstanceMetadata

[default]
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
credential_source = Environment

[default]
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
credential_source = EcsContainer

profile with web_identity_token_file

[default]
web_identity_token_file=/temp/token
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn

You can specify another profile(second) whose credentials are used to assume the role by the role_arn setting in this profile(first).

[second]
web_identity_token_file=/temp/token
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-2

[first]
source_profile=second
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role

profile with sso credentials

See fromSSO() fro more information

fromEnv()

import { fromEnv } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromEnv } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  credentials: fromEnv(),
});

fromEnv returns a CredentialProvider function, that reads credentials from the following environment variables:

• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID - The access key for your AWS account.
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY - The secret key for your AWS account.
• AWS_SESSION_TOKEN - The session key for your AWS account. This is only needed when you are using temporarycredentials.
• AWS_CREDENTIAL_EXPIRATION - The expiration time of the credentials contained in the environment variables described above. This value must be in a format compatible with the ISO-8601 standard and is only needed when you are using temporary credentials.

If either the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is not set or contains a falsy value, the promise returned by the fromEnv function will be rejected.

fromProcess()

import { fromProcess } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromProcess } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  credentials: fromProcess({
    // Optional. The configuration profile to use. If not specified, the provider will use the value
    // in the `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable or a default of `default`.
    profile: "profile",
    // Optional. The path to the shared credentials file. If not specified, the provider will use
    // the value in the `AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE` environment variable or a default of
    // `~/.aws/credentials`.
    filepath: "~/.aws/credentials",
    // Optional. The path to the shared config file. If not specified, the provider will use the
    // value in the `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/config`.
    configFilepath: "~/.aws/config",
  }),
});

fromSharedConfigFiles creates a CredentialProvider functions that executes a given process and attempt to read its standard output to receive a JSON payload containing the credentials. The process command is read from a shared credentials file at ~/.aws/credentials and a shared configuration file at ~/.aws/config. Both files are expected to be INI formatted with section names corresponding to profiles. Sections in the credentials file are treated as profile names, whereas profile sections in the config file must have the format of[profile profile-name], except for the default profile. Please see the sample files below for examples of well-formed configuration and credentials files.

Profiles that appear in both files will not be merged, and the version that appears in the credentials file will be given precedence over the profile found in the config file.

Sample files

~/.aws/credentials

[default]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds

[dev]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds dev

~/.aws/config

[default]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds

[profile dev]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds dev

fromTokenFile()

The function fromTokenFile returns CredentialProvider that reads credentials as follows:

• Reads file location of where the OIDC token is stored from either provided option
  webIdentityTokenFile or environment variable AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE.
• Reads IAM role wanting to be assumed from either provided option roleArn or environment variable AWS_ROLE_ARN.
• Reads optional role session name to be used to distinguish sessions from provided option roleSessionName or environment variable AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME. If session name is not defined, it comes up with a role session name.
• Reads OIDC token from file on disk.
• Calls sts:AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity via roleAssumerWithWebIdentity option to get credentials.

Configuration Key	Environment Variable	Required	Description
webIdentityTokenFile	AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE	true	File location of where the OIDC token is stored
roleArn	AWS_IAM_ROLE_ARN	true	The IAM role wanting to be assumed
roleSessionName	AWS_IAM_ROLE_SESSION_NAME	false	The IAM session name used to distinguish sessions

import { fromTokenFile } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromTokenFile } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  credentials: fromTokenFile({
    // Optional. STS client config to make the assume role request.
    clientConfig: { region }
  });
});

fromSSO()

This credential provider ONLY supports profiles using the SSO credential. If you have a profile that assumes a role which derived from the SSO credential, you should use the fromIni(), or @aws-sdk/credential-provider-node package.

fromSSO, that creates CredentialProvider functions that read from the resolved access token from local disk then requests temporary AWS credentials. For guidance on the AWS Single Sign-On service, please refer to AWS's Single Sign-On documentation.

You can create the CredentialProvider functions using the inline SSO parameters(ssoStartUrl, ssoAccountId, ssoRegion, ssoRoleName) or load them from AWS SDKs and Tools shared configuration and credentials files. Profiles in the credentials file are given precedence over profiles in the config file.

This credential provider is intended for use with the AWS SDK for Node.js.

Supported configuration

You may customize how credentials are resolved by providing an options hash to the fromSSO factory function. You can either load the SSO config from shared INI credential files, or specify the ssoStartUrl, ssoAccountId, ssoRegion, and ssoRoleName directly from the code.

import { fromSSO } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 import
// const { fromSSO } = require(@aws-sdk/credential-providers") // CommonJS import

const client = new FooClient({
  credentials: fromSSO({
    // Optional. The configuration profile to use. If not specified, the provider will use the value
    // in the `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable or `default` by default.
    profile: "my-sso-profile",
    // Optional. The path to the shared credentials file. If not specified, the provider will use
    // the value in the `AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE` environment variable or a default of
    // `~/.aws/credentials`.
    filepath: "~/.aws/credentials",
    // Optional. The path to the shared config file. If not specified, the provider will use the
    // value in the `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/config`.
    configFilepath: "~/.aws/config",
    // Optional. The URL to the AWS SSO service. Required if any of the `sso*` options(except for
    // `ssoClient`) is provided.
    ssoStartUrl: "https://d-abc123.awsapps.com/start",
    // Optional. The ID of the AWS account to use for temporary credentials. Required if any of the
    // `sso*` options(except for `ssoClient`) is provided.
    ssoAccountId: "1234567890",
    // Optional. The AWS region to use for temporary credentials. Required if any of the `sso*`
    // options(except for `ssoClient`) is provided.
    ssoRegion: "us-east-1",
    // Optional. The name of the AWS role to assume. Required if any of the `sso*` options(except
    // for `ssoClient`) is provided.
    ssoRoleName: "SampleRole",
    // Optional. Overwrite the configuration used construct the SSO service client. If not
    // specified, a default SSO client will be created with the region specified in the profile
    // `sso_region` entry.
    clientConfig: { region },
  }),
});

SSO Login with the AWS CLI

This credential provider relies on the AWS CLI to log into an AWS SSO session. Here's a brief walk-through:

1. Create a new AWS SSO enabled profile using the AWS CLI. It will ask you to login to your AWS SSO account and prompt for the name of the profile:

$ aws configure sso
...
...
CLI profile name [123456789011_ReadOnly]: my-sso-profile<ENTER>

1. Configure your SDK client with the SSO credential provider:

//...
const client = new FooClient({ credentials: fromSSO({ profile: "my-sso-profile" });

Alternatively, the SSO credential provider is supported in shared INI credentials provider

//...
const client = new FooClient({ credentials: fromIni({ profile: "my-sso-profile" });

1. To log out from the current SSO session, use the AWS CLI:

$ aws sso logout
Successfully signed out of all SSO profiles.

Sample files

This credential provider is only applicable if the profile specified in shared configuration and credentials files contain ALL of the following entries:

~/.aws/credentials

[sample-profile]
sso_account_id = 012345678901
sso_region = us-east-1
sso_role_name = SampleRole
sso_start_url = https://d-abc123.awsapps.com/start

~/.aws/config

[profile sample-profile]
sso_account_id = 012345678901
sso_region = us-east-1
sso_role_name = SampleRole
sso_start_url = https://d-abc123.awsapps.com/start

Changelog

3.27.0 (2021-08-19)

Bug Fixes

• middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming: validate signer (#2676) (a937da9)
• middleware-signing: update systemClockOffset on error (#2686) (d1c26ee)
• property-provider: stop memoizing rejected provider (#2680) (fac5f27)

Features

• clients: update clients as of 08/19/2021 (#2689) (acbb59a)
• clients: update endpoint resolution as of 08/16/2021 (#2687) (7e3b449)
• credential-providers: collect credential providers in single package (#2672) (5375c91)