gimme-aws-creds is a CLI that utilizes an Okta IdP via SAML to acquire temporary AWS credentials via AWS STS.

Okta is a SAML identity provider (IdP), that can be easily set-up to do SSO to your AWS console. Okta does offer an OSS java CLI tool to obtain temporary AWS credentials, but I found it needs more information than the average Okta user would have and doesn't scale well if have more than one Okta App.

With gimme-aws-creds all you need to know is your username, password, Okta url and MFA token, if MFA is enabled. gimme-aws-creds gives you the option to select which Okta AWS application and role you want credentials for. Alternatively, you can pre-configure the app and role name by passing -c or editing the config file. This is all covered in the usage section.

Okta SAML integration to AWS using the AWS App

Python 3

Gimme-creds-lambda can be used as a proxy to the Okta APIs needed by gimme-aws-creds. This removes the requirement of an Okta API key. Gimme-aws-creds authenticates to gimme-creds-lambda using OpenID Connect and the lambda handles all interactions with the Okta APIs. Alternately, you can set the OKTA_API_KEY environment variable and the gimme_creds_server configuration value to 'internal' to call the Okta APIs directly from gimme-aws-creds.

This is a Python 3 project.

Install/Upgrade from PyPi:

pip3 install --upgrade gimme-aws-creds

OR

Install/Upgrade the latest gimme-aws-creds package direct from GitHub:

pip3 install --upgrade git+git://github.com/Nike-Inc/gimme-aws-creds.git

OR

Install the gimme-aws-creds package if you have already cloned the source:

python3 setup.py install

OR

Build the docker image locally:

docker build -t gimme-aws-creds .

To make it easier you can also create an alias for the gimme-aws-creds command with docker:

# make sure you have the "~/.okta_aws_login_config" locally first!
touch ~/.okta_aws_login_config && \
alias gimme-aws-creds="docker run -it --rm \
  -v ~/.aws/credentials:/root/.aws/credentials \
  -v ~/.okta_aws_login_config:/root/.okta_aws_login_config \
  gimme-aws-creds"

With this config, you will be able to run further commands seamlessly!

To set-up the configuration run:

gimme-aws-creds --configure

You can also set up different Okta configuration profiles, this useful if you have multiple Okta accounts or environments you need credentials for. You can use the configuration wizard or run:

gimme-aws-creds --configure --profile profileName

A configuration wizard will prompt you to enter the necessary configuration parameters for the tool to run, the only one that is required is the okta_org_url. The configuration file is written to ~/.okta_aws_login_config, but you can change the location with the environment variable OKTA_CONFIG.

• conf_profile - This sets the Okta configuration profile name, the default is DEFAULT.
• okta_org_url - This is your Okta organization url, which is typically something like https://companyname.okta.com.
• okta_auth_server - Okta API Authorization Server used for OpenID Connect authentication for gimme-creds-lambda
• client_id - OAuth client ID for gimme-creds-lambda
• gimme_creds_server
  • URL for gimme-creds-lambda
  • 'internal' for direct interaction with the Okta APIs (OKTA_API_KEY environment variable required)
  • 'appurl' to set an aws application link url. This setting removes the need of an OKTA API key.
• write_aws_creds - True or False - If True, the AWS credentials will be written to ~/.aws/credentials otherwise it will be written to stdout.
• cred_profile - If writing to the AWS cred file, this sets the name of the AWS credential profile. The reserved word 'role' will use the name component of the role arn as the profile name. i.e. arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/okta-1234-role becomes section [okta-1234-role] in the aws credentials file
• aws_appname - This is optional. The Okta AWS App name, which has the role you want to assume.
• aws_rolename - This is optional. The ARN of the role you want temporary AWS credentials for. The reserved word 'all' can be used to get and store credentials for every role the user is permissioned for.
• aws_default_duration = This is optional. Lifetime for temporary credentials, in seconds. Defaults to 1 hour (3600)
• app_url - If using 'appurl' setting for gimme_creds_server, this sets the url to the aws application configured in Okta. It is typically something like https://something.okta[preview].com/home/amazon_aws/app_instance_id/something
• okta_username - use this username to authenticate
• preferred_mfa_type - automatically select a particular device when prompted for MFA:
  • push - Okta Verify App push
  • token:software:totp - OTP using the Okta Verify App
  • call - OTP via Voice call
  • sms - OTP via SMS message
• resolve_aws_alias - y or n. If yes, gimme-aws-creds will try to resolve AWS account ids with respective alias names (default: n). This option can also be set interactively in the command line using -r or --resolve parameter
• remember_device - y or n. If yes, the MFA device will be remembered by Okta service for a limited time. This option can also be set interactively in the command line using -m or --remember-device

If you are not using gimme-creds-lambda nor using appurl settings, make sure you set the OKTA_API_KEY environment variable.

After running --configure, just run gimme-aws-creds. You will be prompted for the necessary information.

$ ./gimme-aws-creds
Username: [email protected]
Password for [email protected]:
Authentication Success! Calling Gimme-Creds Server...
Pick an app:
[ 0 ] AWS Test Account
[ 1 ] AWS Prod Account
Selection: 1
Pick a role:
[ 0 ]: OktaAWSAdminRole
[ 1 ]: OktaAWSReadOnlyRole
Selection: 1
Multi-factor Authentication required.
Pick a factor:
[ 0 ] Okta Verify App: SmartPhone_IPhone: iPhone
[ 1 ] token:software:totp: [email protected]
Selection: 0
Okta Verify push sent...
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AQWERTYUIOP
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=T!#$JFLOJlsoddop1029405-P

You can run a specific configuration profile with the --profile parameter:

$ ./gimme-aws-creds --profile profileName

The username and password you are prompted for are the ones you login to Okta with. You can predefine your username by setting the OKTA_USERNAME environment variable or using the -u username parameter.

If you have not configured an Okta App or Role, you will prompted to select one.

If all goes well you will get your temporary AWS access, secret key and token, these will either be written to stdout or ~/.aws/credentials.

You can always run gimme-aws-creds --help for all the available options.

Alternatively, you can overwrite values in the config section with environment variables for instances where say you may want to change the duration of your token. A list of values of to change with environment variables are: 'OKTA_AUTH_SERVER', 'CLIENT_ID','OKTA_USERNAME', 'AWS_DEFAULT_DURATION', 'CRED_PROFILE'.

Example: CLIENT_ID='foobar' AWS_DEFAULT_DURATION=12345 gimme-aws-creds

For changing variables outside of this, you'd need to create a separate profile altogether with gimme-aws-creds --configure --profile profileName

Run gimme-aws-creds --list-profiles will go to your okta config file and print out all profiles created and their settings.

You can run all the unit tests using nosetests. Most of the tests are mocked.

$ nosetests --verbosity=2 tests/

This project is maintained by Ann Wallace, Eric Pierce, and Justin Wiley.

I came across okta_aws_login written by Joe Keegan, when I was searching for a CLI tool that generates AWS tokens via Okta. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated since 2015 and didn't seem to work with the current Okta version. But there was still some great code I was able to reuse under the MIT license for gimme-aws-creds. I have noted in the comments where I used his code, to make sure he receives proper credit.

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Gimme AWS Creds is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0