<h1 id="aws-vault">aws-vault<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#aws-vault"></a></h1>
<a href="https://github.com/99designs/aws-vault"><code>aws-vault</code></a> authenticates with <abbr title="Amazon Web Services">AWS</abbr> and stores the obtained credentials in a secure credential store (a "vaulting backend").
<h1 id="with-aws-organisations-and-sso">With <abbr title="Amazon Web Services">AWS</abbr> Organisations and SSO<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#with-aws-organisations-and-sso"></a></h1>
Insert stanzas like the following into <code>~/.aws/config</code> for each role and account combination:
<pre class="language-ini"><code class="language-ini">[profile $name]
sso_start_url = https://$org.awsapps.com/start
sso_region = $portalRegion
sso_account_id = $portalAccount
sso_role_name = $role
region = $region
</code></pre>
<h1 id="macos-keychain-timeout">macOS Keychain timeout<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#macos-keychain-timeout"></a></h1>
The Keychain timeout determines the amount of time that must pass between Keychain accesses before you need to re-enter your password. It's specified in seconds:
<pre class="language-console"><code class="language-console">security set-keychain-settings -t 1800 ~/Library/Keychains/aws-vault.keychain-db
</code></pre>

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