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CLI tool for fetching (AWS) Multi-Factor Auth credentials
npm install -g aws-mfa
touch .aws-mfa
Populate .aws-mfa
file with AWS credentials
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=ZZZZZZZZZZ
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xyZxyZxyZxyZxyZxyZ
MFA_ARN=arn:aws:iam::999999999999:mfa/username
aws-mfa <6 digit TokenCode>
This will output the file aws_session.json
FAQs
Utility for AWS services with MFA
The npm package aws-mfa receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, aws-mfa popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that aws-mfa demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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