http://imil.net/blog/tags/iam/ Recent content in IAM on iMil.net Hugo en-us Sat, 20 May 2017 15:48:47 +0000 http://imil.net/blog/posts/2017/launching-the-aws-management-console-from-the-cli/ Sat, 20 May 2017 15:48:47 +0000 http://imil.net/blog/posts/2017/launching-the-aws-management-console-from-the-cli/ <p>At <em>${DAYJOB}</em> I happen to manipulate quite a few <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/">AWS</a> accounts for different customers, and I find it really annoying to log out from one web console, to log into a new one, with the right credentials, account ids and <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/iam/details/mfa/">MFA</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-enable-cross-account-access-to-the-aws-management-console/">Here</a> you can read a good blog post on how to enable cross account access for third parties and use a basic script to open a web browser to switch from one account to the other.<br> I liked this idea so I pushed it a bit further and wrote <a href="https://github.com/iMilnb/awstools/tree/master/kriskross">this small piece of code</a> which allows you not only to switch accounts, but also to simply open any <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/">AWS</a> account from the command line.</p>