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AWS Extend Switch Roles

AWS Extend Switch Roles

Extend your AWS IAM switching roles. You can set the configuration by aws config format

What is AWS Extend Switch Roles?
AWS Extend Switch Roles is a Firefox extension that improves your experience with AWS IAM Switching roles. It enables you to load your AWS configuration and access all switch roles from a browse menu. This is an upgrade from AWS Management Console which only allows a maximum of five switch roles to remain in history. This enhancement gives you a feature-packed, user-friendly way of configuring AWS rights.
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Rating: 4.97 (37)
Version: 5.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-04-07)
Creation date: 2017-08-09
Weekly download count: 101
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
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  • storage
Size: 87.81K
URLs: Website
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Switch role history does not remain only five maximum on the AWS Management Console. This extension gives you show all of switch roles from a browse menu by loading your aws configuration.

Configuration Click Browser button, edit your profile settings to text area in popup form and save.

Simple Configuration The simplest configuration is for multiple target roles when you always intend to show the whole list. Target roles can be expressed with a 'role_arn' or with both 'aws_account_id' and 'role_name'.

Optional parameters

  • color - The RGB hex value (without the prefix '#') for the color of the header bottom border and around the current profile.
  • region - Changing the region whenever switching the role if this parameter is specified.
  • image - The uri of an image to use on top of any color attribute supplied. The color and image are not mutually exclusive.
[profile marketingadmin] role_arn = arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/marketingadmin color = ffaaee

[anotheraccount]

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Pros
  • Boosts productivity
  • Allows managing multiple AWS accounts and roles effectively
  • Overcomes the AWS limitation of 5 last role switches
  • Does not depend on cookies, increasing usability
Cons
  • An unexpected error occurred during installation for a user
  • No longer works with the updated AWS console interface, highlighting compatibility issues
Most mentioned
  • Essential tool for managing multiple AWS roles/accounts
  • Improves productivity
  • Needs an update to be compatible with the new AWS console interface
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by jumbot, 2024-01-25
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Risk impact

AWS Extend Switch Roles is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install AWS Extend Switch Roles if you trust the publisher.

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