# aws-vault

## Automatically rotating AWS access keys

2021-09-17 by Dave Gallant
aws python security aws‑vault
Rotating credentials is a security best practice. This morning, I read a question about automatically rotating AWS Access Keys without having to go through the hassle of navigating the AWS console. There are some existing solutions already, but I decided to write a script since it was incredibly simple. The script could be packed up as a systemd/launchd service to continually rotate access keys in the background. In the longer term, migrating my local workflows to aws-vault seems like a more secure solution.
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