AWS Profile Switcher

A simple tool for managing AWS CLI profiles, available in two flavors:

• Shell Script version: lightweight, terminal-based utility for quick profile switching and Docker ECR login.
• GUI (Tkinter) version: user-friendly graphical interface for selecting profiles and managing AWS credentials.

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⚙ Versions

1. Shell Script (shell/aws_profile)

• Lists AWS profiles from ~/.aws/credentials
• Prompts to select or add a profile
• Sets AWS_PROFILE and AWS_REGION in the current shell
• Validates credentials with AWS STS
• Optionally logs in to Docker ECR if docker is available

Usage:

source shell/aws_profile

Add this alias to ~/.bashrc:

echo 'alias switchaws="source ~/.local/bin/aws_profile"' >> ~/.bashrc

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2. GUI Application (gui/aws_profile_gui.py)

• Uses Python and Tkinter to provide a dropdown UI
• Detects available AWS profiles
• Sets selected profile and region in the environment
• Attempts to login to Docker ECR after switching
• Auto-closes once a profile is activated

Requirements:

• python3, python3-tk, xdotool, awscli

Launch:

python3 gui/aws_profile_gui.py

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🔧 Installation Options

• Use as local scripts
• Package as .deb installers (see build.md for packaging instructions)

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📑 Author

Alden Park