A collection of all credential providers, with default clients.
- From Cognito Identity
- From Cognito Identity Pool
- From Temporary Credentials
- From Web Token
- From Token File
- From Instance and Container Metadata Service
- From Shared INI files
- From Environmental Variables
- From Credential Process
- From Single-Sign-On Service
The function fromCognitoIdentity()
returns CredentialsProvider
that retrieves credentials for the provided identity
ID. See GetCredentialsForIdentity API
for more information.
import { fromCognitoIdentity } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromCognitoIdentity } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
import { DynamoDBClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb"; // ES6 example
// const { DynamoDBClient } = require("@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb"); // CommonJS example
const dynamodb = new DynamoDBClient({
region,
credentials: fromCognitoIdentity({
// Required. The unique identifier for the identity against which credentials
// will be issued.
identityId: "us-east-1:128d0a74-c82f-4553-916d-90053e4a8b0f"
// optional. The ARN of the role to be assumed when multiple roles werereceived in the token from the identity
// provider.
customRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/MYAPP-CognitoIdentity"
// Optional. A set of name-value pairs that map provider names to provider tokens. Required when using identities
// associated with external identity providers such as Facebook.
logins: {
"graph.facebook.com": "FBTOKEN",
"www.amazon.com": "AMAZONTOKEN",
"accounts.google.com": "GOOGLETOKEN",
"api.twitter.com": "TWITTERTOKEN'",
"www.digits.com": "DIGITSTOKEN"
},
// Optional. Custom client if you need overwrite default client configuration
client: new CognitoIdentityClient({ region })
}),
});
The function fromCognitoIdentityPool()
returns CredentialProvider
that calls GetId API
to obtain an identityId
, then generates temporary AWS credentials with GetCredentialsForIdentity API,
see fromCognitoIdentity()
.
Results from GetId
are cached internally, but results from GetCredentialsForIdentity
are not.
import { fromCognitoIdentityPool } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromCognitoIdentityPool } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const dynamodb = new DynamoDBClient({
region,
credentials: fromCognitoIdentityPool({
// Required. The unique identifier for the identity pool from which an identity should be retrieved or generated.
identityPoolId: "us-east-1:1699ebc0-7900-4099-b910-2df94f52a030";
// Optional. A standard AWS account ID (9+ digits)
accountId: "123456789",
// Optional. A cache in which to store resolved Cognito IdentityIds.
cache: custom_storage,
// Optional. A unique identifier for the user used to cache Cognito IdentityIds on a per-user basis.
userIdentifier: "user_0",
// optional. The ARN of the role to be assumed when multiple roles were received in the token from the identity
// provider.
customRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/MYAPP-CognitoIdentity"
// Optional. A set of name-value pairs that map provider names to provider tokens. Required when using identities
// associated with external identity providers such as Facebook.
logins: {
'graph.facebook.com': 'FBTOKEN',
'www.amazon.com': 'AMAZONTOKEN',
'accounts.google.com': 'GOOGLETOKEN',
'api.twitter.com': 'TWITTERTOKEN',
'www.digits.com': 'DIGITSTOKEN'
},
// Optional. Custom client if you need overwrite default client configuration
client: new CognitoIdentityClient({ region })
}),
});
The function fromTemporaryCredentials
returns CredentialProvider
that retrieves temporary credentials from
STS AssumeRole API.
import { fromTemporaryCredentials } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromTemporaryCredentials } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const dynamodb = new DynamoDBClient({
region,
credentials: fromTemporaryCredentials(
// Optional. The master credentials used to get and refresh temporary credentials from AWS STS. If skipped, it uses
// the default credential resolved by internal STS client.
masterCredentials: fromTemporaryCredentials({
params: { RoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/RoleA" }
}),
// Required. Options passed to STS AssumeRole operation.
params: {
// Required. ARN of role to assume.
RoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/RoleB",
// Optional. An identifier for the assumed role session. If skipped, it generates a random session name with
// prefix of 'aws-sdk-js-'.
RoleSessionName: "aws-sdk-js-123",
// Optional. The duration, in seconds, of the role session.
DurationSeconds: 3600
//... For more options see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_AssumeRole.html
},
// Optional. Custom STS client configurations overriding the default ones.
stsConfig: { region },
// Optional. A function that returns a promise fulfilled with an MFA token code for the provided MFA Serial code.
// Required if `params` has `SerialNumber` config.
mfaCodeProvider: async mfaSerial => {
return "token"
}
),
});
The function fromWebToken
returns CredentialProvider
that gets credentials calling
STS AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity API
import { fromWebToken } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromWebToken } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const dynamodb = new DynamoDBClient({
region,
credentials: fromWebToken({
// Required. ARN of the role that the caller is assuming.
roleArn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:role/RoleA",
// Required. The OAuth 2.0 access token or OpenID Connect ID token that is provided by the identity provider.
webIdentityToken: await openIdProvider()
// Optional. Custom STS client configurations overriding the default ones.
stsConfig: { region }
// Optional. A function that assumes a role with web identity and returns a promise fulfilled with credentials for
// the assumed role.
roleAssumerWithWebIdentity,
// Optional. An identifier for the assumed role session.
roleSessionName: "session_123",
// Optional. The fully qualified host component of the domain name of the identity provider.
providerId: "graph.facebook.com",
// Optional. ARNs of the IAM managed policies that you want to use as managed session.
policyArns: [{arn: "arn:aws:iam::1234567890:policy/SomePolicy"}],
// Optional. An IAM policy in JSON format that you want to use as an inline session policy.
policy: "JSON_STRING",
// Optional. The duration, in seconds, of the role session. Default to 3600.
durationSeconds: 7200
}),
});
You can directly configure individual identity providers to access AWS resources using web identity federation. AWS currently supports authenticating users using web identity federation through several identity providers:
You must first register your application with the providers that your application supports. Next, create an IAM role and set up permissions for it. The IAM role you create is then used to grant the permissions you configured for it through the respective identity provider. For example, you can set up a role that allows users who logged in through Facebook to have read access to a specific Amazon S3 bucket you control.
After you have both an IAM role with configured privileges and an application registered with your chosen identity providers, you can set up the SDK to get credentials for the IAM role using helper code, as follows:
The value in the ProviderId parameter depends on the specified identity provider. The value in the WebIdentityToken parameter is the access token retrieved from a successful login with the identity provider. For more information on how to configure and retrieve access tokens for each identity provider, see the documentation for the identity provider.
fromContainerMetadata
and fromInstanceMetadata
will create CredentialProvider
functions that read from the ECS
container metadata service and the EC2 instance metadata service, respectively.
import { fromInstanceMetadata, fromContainerMetadata } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromInstanceMetadata, fromContainerMetadata } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const client = new DynamoDBClient({
credentials: fromInstanceMetadata({
// Optional. The connection timeout (in milliseconds) to apply to any remote requests. If not specified, a default
// value of`1000` (one second) is used.
timeout: 1000,
// Optional. The maximum number of times any HTTP connections should be retried. If not specified, a default value
// of `0` will be used.
maxRetries: 0,
}),
});
const client = new DynamoDBClient({
credentials: fromContainerMetadata({
// Optional. The connection timeout (in milliseconds) to apply to any remote requests. If not specified, a default
// value of`1000` (one second) is used.
timeout: 1000,
// Optional. The maximum number of times any HTTP connections should be retried. If not specified, a default value
// of `0` will be used.
maxRetries: 0,
}),
});
A CredentialProvider
function created with fromContainerMetadata
will return
a promise that will resolve with credentials for the IAM role associated with
containers in an Amazon ECS task. Please see IAM Roles for Tasks
for more information on using IAM roles with Amazon ECS.
A CredentialProvider
function created with fromInstanceMetadata
will return a promise that will resolve with
credentials for the IAM role associated with an EC2 instance.
Please see IAM Roles for Amazon EC2
for more information on using IAM roles with Amazon EC2.
Both IMDSv1 (a request/response method) and IMDSv2 (a session-oriented method) are supported.
Please see Configure the instance metadata service
for more information.
fromIni
creates CredentialProvider
functions that read from a shared credentials file at ~/.aws/credentials
and a
shared configuration file at ~/.aws/config
. Both files are expected to be INI formatted with section names
corresponding to profiles. Sections in the credentials file are treated as profile names, whereas profile sections in
the config file must have the format of[profile profile-name]
, except for the default profile. Please see the
sample files below for examples of well-formed configuration and credentials files.
Profiles that appear in both files will not be merged, and the version that appears in the credentials file will be given precedence over the profile found in the config file.
import { fromIni } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromIni } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const client = new DynamoDBClient({
credentials: fromIni({
// Optional. The configuration profile to use. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable or a default of `default`.
profile: "profile",
// Optional. The path to the shared credentials file. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/credentials`.
filepath: "~/.aws/credentials",
// Optional. The path to the shared config file. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/config`.
configFilepath: "~/.aws/config",
// Optional. A function that returns a a promise fulfilled with an MFA token code for the provided MFA Serial
// code. If a profile requires an MFA code and `mfaCodeProvider` is not a valid function, the credential provider
// promise will be rejected.
mfaCodeProvider: async (mfaSerial) => {
return "token";
},
// Optional. Custom STS client configurations overriding the default ones.
stsConfig: { region },
}),
});
[default]
aws_access_key_id=foo
aws_secret_access_key=bar
[dev]
aws_access_key_id=foo2
aws_secret_access_key=bar2
[default]
aws_access_key_id=foo
aws_secret_access_key=bar
[profile dev]
aws_access_key_id=foo2
aws_secret_access_key=bar2
[second]
aws_access_key_id=foo
aws_secret_access_key=bar
[first]
source_profile=second
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
You can supply credential_source
options to tell the SDK where to source credentials for the call to AssumeRole
. The
supported credential providers are listed bellow:
[default]
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
credential_source = Ec2InstanceMetadata
[default]
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
credential_source = Environment
[default]
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
credential_source = EcsContainer
[default]
web_identity_token_file=/temp/token
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-arn
You can specify another profile(second
) whose credentials are used to assume the role by the role_arn
setting in
this profile(first
).
[second]
web_identity_token_file=/temp/token
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role-2
[first]
source_profile=second
role_arn=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-role
See fromSSO()
fro more information
import { fromEnv } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromEnv } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const client = new DynamoDBClient({
credentials: fromEnv(),
});
fromEnv
returns a CredentialProvider
function, that reads credentials from the following environment variables:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
- The access key for your AWS account.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
- The secret key for your AWS account.AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
- The session key for your AWS account. This is only needed when you are using temporary credentials.AWS_CREDENTIAL_EXPIRATION
- The expiration time of the credentials contained in the environment variables described above. This value must be in a format compatible with the ISO-8601 standard and is only needed when you are using temporary credentials.
If either the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
or AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
environment variable is not set or contains a falsy value,
the promise returned by the fromEnv
function will be rejected.
import { fromProcess } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromProcess } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const client = new DynamoDBClient({
credentials: fromProcess({
// Optional. The configuration profile to use. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable or a default of `default`.
profile: "profile",
// Optional. The path to the shared credentials file. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/credentials`.
filepath: "~/.aws/credentials",
// Optional. The path to the shared config file. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/config`.
configFilepath: "~/.aws/config",
}),
});
fromSharedConfigFiles
creates a CredentialProvider
functions that executes a given process and attempt to read its
standard output to receive a JSON payload containing the credentials. The process command is read from a shared
credentials file at ~/.aws/credentials
and a shared configuration file at ~/.aws/config
. Both files are expected to
be INI formatted with section names corresponding to profiles. Sections in the credentials file are treated as profile
names, whereas profile sections in the config file must have the format of[profile profile-name]
, except for the
default profile.
Please see the sample files below for examples of well-formed configuration and credentials files.
Profiles that appear in both files will not be merged, and the version that appears in the credentials file will be given precedence over the profile found in the config file.
[default]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds
[dev]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds dev
[default]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds
[profile dev]
credential_process = /usr/local/bin/awscreds dev
The function fromTokenFile
returns CredentialProvider
that reads credentials as follows:
- Reads file location of where the OIDC token is stored from either provided option
webIdentityTokenFile
or environment variableAWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE
. - Reads IAM role wanting to be assumed from either provided option
roleArn
or environment variableAWS_ROLE_ARN
. - Reads optional role session name to be used to distinguish sessions from provided option
roleSessionName
or environment variableAWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME
. If session name is not defined, it comes up with a role session name. - Reads OIDC token from file on disk.
- Calls sts:AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity via
roleAssumerWithWebIdentity
option to get credentials.
Configuration Key | Environment Variable | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
webIdentityTokenFile | AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE | true | File location of where the OIDC token is stored |
roleArn | AWS_IAM_ROLE_ARN | true | The IAM role wanting to be assumed |
roleSessionName | AWS_IAM_ROLE_SESSION_NAME | false | The IAM session name used to distinguish sessions |
import { fromTokenFile } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromTokenFile } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-providers"); // CommonJS example
const client = new DynamoDBClient({
credentials: fromTokenFile({
// Optional. STS client config to make the assume role request.
stsConfig: { region }
});
});
This credential provider ONLY supports profiles using the SSO credential. If you have a profile that assumes a role which derived from the SSO credential, you should use the
fromIni()
, or@aws-sdk/credential-provider-node
package.
fromSSO
, that creates CredentialProvider
functions that read from the resolved access token from local disk then
requests temporary AWS credentials. For guidance on the AWS Single Sign-On service, please refer to
AWS's Single Sign-On documentation.
You can create the CredentialProvider
functions using the inline SSO parameters(ssoStartUrl
, ssoAccountId
,
ssoRegion
, ssoRoleName
) or load them from AWS SDKs and Tools shared configuration and credentials files.
Profiles in the credentials
file are given precedence over profiles in the config
file.
This credential provider is intended for use with the AWS SDK for Node.js.
You may customize how credentials are resolved by providing an options hash to the fromSSO
factory function. You can
either load the SSO config from shared INI credential files, or specify the ssoStartUrl
, ssoAccountId
, ssoRegion
,
and ssoRoleName
directly from the code.
import { fromSSO } from "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"; // ES6 example
// const { fromSSO } = require(@aws-sdk/credential-providers") // CommonJS example
const client = new DynamoDBClient({
credentials: fromSSO({
// Optional. The configuration profile to use. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_PROFILE` environment variable or `default` by default.
profile: "my-sso-profile",
// Optional. The path to the shared credentials file. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/credentials`.
filepath: "~/.aws/credentials",
// Optional. The path to the shared config file. If not specified, the provider will use the value in the
// `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` environment variable or a default of `~/.aws/config`.
configFilepath: "~/.aws/config",
// Optional. The URL to the AWS SSO service. Required if any of the `sso*` options(except for `ssoClient`) is
// provided.
ssoStartUrl: "https://d-abc123.awsapps.com/start",
// Optional. The ID of the AWS account to use for temporary credentials. Required if any of the `sso*`
// options(except for `ssoClient`) is provided.
ssoAccountId: "1234567890",
// Optional. The AWS region to use for temporary credentials. Required if any of the `sso*` options(except for
// `ssoClient`) is provided.
ssoRegion: "us-east-1",
// Optional. The name of the AWS role to assume. Required if any of the `sso*` options(except for `ssoClient`) is
// provided.
ssoRoleName: "SampleRole",
// Optional. The SSO Client used to request AWS credentials with the SSO access token. If not specified, a default
// SSO client will be created with the region specified in the profile `sso_region` entry.
ssoClient,
}),
});
This credential provider relies on the AWS CLI to log into an AWS SSO session. Here's a brief walk-through:
- Create a new AWS SSO enabled profile using the AWS CLI. It will ask you to login to your AWS SSO account and prompt for the name of the profile:
$ aws configure sso
...
...
CLI profile name [123456789011_ReadOnly]: my-sso-profile<ENTER>
- Configure your SDK client with the SSO credential provider:
//...
const client = new DynamoDBClient({ credentials: fromSSO({ profile: "my-sso-profile" });
Alternatively, the SSO credential provider is supported in shared INI credentials provider
//...
const client = new FooClient({ credentials: fromIni({ profile: "my-sso-profile" });
- To log out from the current SSO session, use the AWS CLI:
$ aws sso logout
Successfully signed out of all SSO profiles.
This credential provider is only applicable if the profile specified in shared configuration and credentials files contain ALL of the following entries:
[sample-profile]
sso_account_id = 012345678901
sso_region = us-east-1
sso_role_name = SampleRole
sso_start_url = https://d-abc123.awsapps.com/start
[profile sample-profile]
sso_account_id = 012345678901
sso_region = us-east-1
sso_role_name = SampleRole
sso_start_url = https://d-abc123.awsapps.com/start