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added role documentation
scott-hiemstra Aug 25, 2022
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Added an unset and jq
scott-hiemstra Aug 25, 2022
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Added doc for AWS cross acount roles documentation
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Update ecs-roles-cf.json
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## Using AWS Assumed Role instead of normal IAM credentials
You can use the `aws sts assume-role` to utilize AWS assigned roles. This allows for using centralized AWS account management and doesn't rely on AWS IAM accounts.
You can use the `aws sts assume-role` along with `jq` to utilize AWS assigned roles. This allows for using centralized AWS account management and doesn't rely on AWS IAM accounts.

If your assigned cross account role is `arn:aws:iam::0123456789:role/AdminCrossAccount`, you can run the rollowing commands:
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--env AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID \
--env AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY \
--env AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=$AWS_SESSION_TOKEN \
smithmicro/ecs:latest create-cluster
smithmicro/ecs:latest create-cluster
unset AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
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I would prefer not to show an unset here, even though it is good practice. It clutters the example IMHO.

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