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Created July 15, 2018 10:31
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Rotate AWS access keys
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rotate_access_keys.txt
AWSUSERNAME=<aws-user>
AWSPROFILE=<aws-profile>
# Get all the access keys currently used. We'll keep note of the one we are trying to rotate
aws iam list-access-keys --user-name $AWSUSERNAME
# Create a new access key
aws iam create-access-key --user-name $AWSUSERNAME
# Configure using aws-cli with the values generated from the above command
aws configure --profile $AWSPROFILE
# Delete the old access key
aws iam delete-access-key --access-key-id <old-access-key-id-from-first-command> --user-name AWSUSERNAME
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