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aws-vault-binary mit Homebrew Cask installieren

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InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrew Caskverifiziert · 100%
brew install --cask aws-vault-binary

local Homebrew cask metadata

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Securely stores and accesses AWS credentials in a development environment

Befehle und Aliase

  • aws-vault

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

The `aws-vault-binary` cask packages the original 99designs AWS Vault macOS binary distribution. AWS Vault stores long-term AWS IAM credentials in an operating-system secure store and exposes short-lived STS credentials to commands, shells, browser sessions, or local metadata-style endpoints.

Projektgeschichte

The original `99designs/aws-vault` repository was created in August 2015, with GitHub releases beginning at v1.0.0 in September 2015. The upstream README links to a 99designs announcement post and describes the tool as complementary to the AWS CLI, aware of profiles in `~/.aws/config`.

By 2026 the original README marked the project abandoned and pointed users to the active `ByteNess/aws-vault` fork. The cask, however, still references the 99designs repository and v7.2.0 macOS DMG artifact, so this record reflects the legacy binary distribution rather than the newer Homebrew formula.

Adoptionsgeschichte

AWS Vault became one of the canonical AWS credential helpers in the macOS and Unix developer tooling ecosystem. The original README listed installation through direct releases, Homebrew, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Scoop, Arch, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenSUSE, Nix, and asdf, which is unusually broad for a single-purpose credential CLI.

The 99designs repository metadata showed thousands of stars and hundreds of forks in June 2026, and the v7.2.0 release assets had large download counts, especially for Linux and Apple Silicon macOS binaries. Homebrew cask analytics still showed active installs for the binary cask even after the original project became legacy.

Wie es verwendet wird

The classic workflow is `aws-vault add profile` to store long-term credentials in the platform vault, then `aws-vault exec profile -- command` or `aws-vault login profile` to obtain temporary AWS credentials or console access. The usage guide also documents credential_process use, MFA session caching, SSO caching, and metadata server modes.

Because secrets live in the OS keychain or equivalent backend, `~/.aws/credentials` is not the primary storage location for this package's secrets.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

This cask is historically significant because it preserves the old signed macOS binary channel after the main formula moved on. It also illustrates a common packaging split: the same tool can exist as a source-built formula and as a binary cask, with different upstreams and maintenance status over time.

Zeitleiste

  • 2015-08: Original 99designs/aws-vault repository created.
  • 2015-09: v1.0.0 GitHub release published.
  • 2023-03: v7.2.0 published by the 99designs repository.
  • 2025-05: ByteNess active fork created.
  • 2026-06: Original README marked 99designs/aws-vault abandoned and pointed to ByteNess/aws-vault.

Related projects

  • `ByteNess/aws-vault` is the maintained fork named by the original upstream README.
  • `aws-sso-cli` uses similar secure keyring ideas but focuses on IAM Identity Center rather than long-term IAM access keys.

Sicherheitslage

Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden

Für aws-vault-binary wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.aws/config
Windows
%USERPROFILE%\.aws\config

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
aws-vaultBinärdateiHomebrew-Cask-Binärdateiaws-vault

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version7.2.0
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/99designs/aws-vault

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselcask:aws-vault-binary
Version7.2.0
PaketmanagerHomebrew Cask
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/aws-vault-binary
Homepagehttps://github.com/99designs/aws-vault
Repositoryhttps://github.com/99designs/aws-vault
Quellarchivhttps://github.com/99designs/aws-vault/releases/download/v7.2.0/aws-vault-darwin-arm64.dmg
SHA-2569887eb8f6c2bd431e814b32b9ec8a6bd394dbeb0c60822d76ed9be3c84ca1cc5
Download-URLhttps://github.com/99designs/aws-vault/releases/download/v7.2.0/aws-vault-darwin-arm64.dmg
Bottlenicht erfasst
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenaws-vault-binary
Names
  • AWS Vault
Old Tokens
  • aws-vault
Artifacts
Binary
1
Target
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

MacPorts94%

aws-vault

sudo port install aws-vault
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Aws Vault
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: security/aws-vault/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Nix92%

aws-vault

nix profile install nixpkgs#aws-vault
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Aws Vault
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-vault/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman92%

aws-vault 7.11.1-1

Vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments

https://github.com/ByteNess/aws-vault

sudo pacman -S aws-vault
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Aws Vault
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: aws-vault from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
Chocolatey92%

aws-vault

choco install aws-vault
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Aws Vault
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: aws-vault from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','autodesk-fusion360'
Scoop92%

main/aws-vault

scoop install main/aws-vault
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Aws Vault
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/aws-vault.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget92%

99designs.aws-vault

winget install --id 99designs.aws-vault -e
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Aws Vault
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: 99designs.aws-vault from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
winget92%

ByteNess.AWSVault

winget install --id ByteNess.AWSVault -e
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Aws Vault
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: ByteNess.AWSVault from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Paketgraph

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Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Verwendete Quellen

  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment