Enhanced Security — Safeguarding AWS Access in GitHub Actions

Enhanced Security — Safeguarding AWS Access in GitHub Actions 🪪

The fastest way to access AWS infrastructure from a GitHub Actions workflow is by utilizing AWS_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY. This method requires manually storing the access keys as GitHub secrets.

While this method is quick, it poses challenges in collaborative environments, as someone (or an automated process) must handle these secrets, creating a potential vulnerability with direct access to the credentials.

Static credentials method ❌:

A more secure method to …

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