# Install aws-iam-authenticator

Use AWS IAM credentials to authenticate to Kubernetes. Version 0.7.18 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:aws-iam-authenticator
```

## Agent safety answer

aws-iam-authenticator bridges AWS credentials into Kubernetes authentication.

- **Credential access:** Reads AWS credentials, kubeconfig, and IAM identity context.
- **Remote mutation:** Authentication is not mutation, but it enables subsequent Kubernetes writes.
- **Publish/artifact risk:** Can unlock cluster access used by deployment tools.
- **Recommended control:** Gate credential use and cluster context switching.
- **Agent-use guidance:** Allow identity inspection; require approval before enabling cluster access for mutating tools.

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install aws-iam-authenticator
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install aws-iam-authenticator
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/aws-iam-authenticator/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#aws-iam-authenticator
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-iam-authenticator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install aws-iam-authenticator
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: aws-iam-authenticator from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','autodesk-fusion360'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/aws-iam-authenticator
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/aws-iam-authenticator.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Kubernetes.aws-iam-authenticator -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.aws-iam-authenticator from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:aws-iam-authenticator
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/aws-iam-authenticator>
- **Version:** 0.7.18
- **Source summary:** Use AWS IAM credentials to authenticate to Kubernetes
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator/archive/refs/tags/v0.7.18.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T21:06:25Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T02:00:48+00:00

## Executables

- aws-iam-authenticator (cli)
- aws-iam-authenticator (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 0.7.18
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator
- Upstream latest detected: v0.7.18 (current)

## 安全说明

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** aws-iam-authenticator
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - aws-iam-authenticator: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-iam-authenticator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - aws-iam-authenticator: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/aws-iam-authenticator/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - aws-iam-authenticator: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: aws-iam-authenticator from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','autodesk-fusion360'
- Scoop - main/aws-iam-authenticator: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/aws-iam-authenticator.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Kubernetes.aws-iam-authenticator: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.aws-iam-authenticator from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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