euare-assumerole (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

euare-assumerole – Assume an IAM role

SYNOPSIS

euare-assumerole [-d SECONDS] [–session-name PATH] [-c | -s]

[–policy-content POLICY_CONTENT | –policy-document FILE]

[–external-id STR] [–mfa-serial MFA] [–mfa-code CODE] [-U URL] [–region USER [at] REGION] [-I KEY_ID] [-S KEY] [–security-token TOKEN] [–debug] [–debugger] [–version] [-h] ROLE

DESCRIPTION

Assume an IAM role

DESCRIPTION

The euare-assumerole utility obtains credentials for an IAM role and outputs them in the form of shellcode that sets environment variables that allow euca2ools commands to use them. Use it inside an eval command to make this process seamless:

DESCRIPTION

$ eval `euare-assumerole myrole`

DESCRIPTION

To stop using the role, use euare-releaserole(1).

positional arguments:

ROLE

the role to assume

optional arguments:

-d SECONDS, –duration SECONDS

number of seconds the credentials should be valid for (900-3600) (default: 900)

–session-name PATH

role session identifier to include in the assumed role user ID (default: automatic)

-c

generate C-shell commands on stdout (default if SHELL looks like a csh-style shell

-s

generate Bourne shell commands on stdout (default if SHELL does not look like a csh-style shell

–policy-content POLICY_CONTENT

an IAM policy further restricting what the credentials will be allowed to do. This cannot grant additional permissions.

–policy-document FILE

file containing an IAM policy further restricting what the credentials will be allowed to do. This cannot grant additional permissions.

–external-id STR

external ID to use for comparison with policies

–mfa-serial MFA

MFA token serial number

–mfa-code CODE

MFA token code

-U URL, –url URL

token service endpoint URL

–region USER [at] REGION

region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

-I KEY_ID, –access-key-id KEY_ID

-S KEY, –secret-key KEY

–security-token TOKEN

–debug

show debugging output

–debugger

launch interactive debugger on error

–version

show the program’s version and exit

-h, –help

show this help message and exit

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