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Zsh AWS Vault

oh-my-zsh plugin for aws-vault

blimmer
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zsh-aws-vault

oh-my-zsh plugin for aws-vault

Installation

oh-my-zsh

This plugin is intended to be used with oh-my-zsh

  1. $ cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins (you may have to create the folder)
  2. $ git clone https://github.com/blimmer/zsh-aws-vault.git
  3. In your .zshrc, add zsh-aws-vault to your oh-my-zsh plugins:
  plugins=(
    git
    ruby
    zsh-aws-vault
  )

zgen

  1. add zgen load blimmer/zsh-aws-vault to your '!saved/save' block
  2. zgen update

Features

This plugin is pretty simple - it provides:

  • aliases
  • prompt segment

Aliases

Alias Expression
av aws-vault
ave aws-vault exec
avl aws-vault login
avll aws-vault login -s
avli aws-vault login in private browsing window
avs aws-vault server
avsh aws-vault exec $1 -- zsh
avp list aws config / role ARNs

avli

Login in Private Browsing Window

This alias is currently only supported in OSX and Linux.

This alias will open a new browser window after getting the temporary login URL for your profile.

You can specify a specific browser to handle your login URL by setting AWS_VAULT_PL_BROWSER to the bundle name of the browser. By default, it will pick your default URL handler in MacOS. It supports the following browsers:

AWS_VAULT_PL_BROWSER value Browser Description
org.mozilla.firefox Firefox Creates and/or opens a profile with the same name as your aws-vault profile. This allows for multiple profiles to be open simultaneously.
org.mozilla.firefoxdeveloperedition Firefox Developer Edition Creates and/or opens a profile with the same name as your aws-vault profile. This allows for multiple profiles to be open simultaneously.
com.google.chrome Chrome Opens a new private browsing window for the session. This allows for multiple profiles to be open simultaneously.
com.brave.Browser Brave Opens a new private browsing window for the session. This allows for multiple profiles to be open simultaneously.

avsh

Create a shell for a given profile.

For example, place the relevant AWS environment variables for your default profile by running:

avsh default

Prompt Segment

This prompt segment echos out the current aws-vault profile you're logged into. I use this for adding a segment into my custom agnoster theme.

For instance, this code:

prompt_aws_vault() {
  local vault_segment
  vault_segment="`prompt_aws_vault_segment`"
  [[ $vault_segment != '' ]] && prompt_segment cyan black "$vault_segment"
}

Produces this segment in my prompt:

screenshot of agnoster theme with aws-vault segment

The instructions to customize the prompt vary based on the theme you use. In some cases, you'll need to create a copy of the theme file and edit it to include the prompt segment. You can check out my custom agnoster theme to see how I updated the prompt.

Prompt Customization

You can customize the prompt segment behavior by overriding these variables:

Variable Name Default Description
AWS_VAULT_PL_CHAR The character to display when logged into an aws-vault profile
AWS_VAULT_PL_DEFAULT_PROFILE default Only show the character when logged into this profile, not the profile name

Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)

You can override the default MFA prompt by adding the AWS_VAULT_PL_MFA environment variable.

AWS_VAULT_PL_MFA value Description Example
inline Enter your MFA token as an additional argument to the command. avsh default 123456
avli default 123456
yubikey Generate an MFA token from your Yubikey. See the docs for more information. avsh default
avsh default my-yubikey-profile
avli default
avli default my-yubikey-profile