---
title: "Authenticating to AWS the right way for (almost) every use-case"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/authenticating-to-aws-the-right-way-for-almost-every-use-case-ptolb9ush
source_url: https://leebriggs.co.uk/blog/2022/09/05/authenticating-to-aws-the-right-way.html
type: article
source: "Lee Briggs"
published: 2023-10-10T12:56:09.925Z
updated: 2023-10-10T12:42:48.957Z
tags: ["aws", "authentication", "aws-iam"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Authenticating to AWS the right way for (almost) every use-case

**[Lee Briggs](https://daily.dev/sources/leebriggs)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Authenticating to AWS the right way for (almost) every use-case, says Lee Briggs. He says the “default’s mechanism for providing access to AWS is absolutely shit.

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Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#aws-iam](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-iam)

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