awscm

AWS Credentials Manager

A command line tool for quickly switching credentials for different AWS profiles.

Install

$ git clone git://github.com/jamesroutley/awscm.git ~/.awscm
$ echo "source ~/.awscm/awscm.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

Update:

$ cd ~/.awscm
$ git pull
$ source ~/.bashrc

$ awscm add <profile-name>

Add a new profile to the ~/.aws/config and ~/.aws/credentials.
$ awscm configure

Executes $ aws configure.
$ awscm list (config or credentials)

Print out ~/.aws/config or ~/.aws/credentials to STDOUT.
$ awscm output <output-format>

Set the default output format.
$ awscm region <aws-region>

Set the default AWS region. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#cfn_region for information on the AWS regions in which CloudFormation is available.
$ awscm status

Display the currently set profile, region and output format.
$ awscm use <profile>

Set the default profile.
$ awscm export <profile>

Exports the AWS access key ID, secret key and session token (if present). Use for applications that are not compatible with DEFAULT_PROFILE.
$ awscm assume <account id> <role name> <session name>

Makes a call to aws sts assume-role using the role name and account ID that you specify, and then exports the credentials as environment variables.