Introduction

AWS Secure Token Service (STS) is a service provided by AWS that enables you to request temporary credentials with limited privilege for AWS IAM users. In this article, we will learn how to use the AWS Boto3 with STS to temporarily assume a different role.

Introduction

Pandas is an open-source library that provides easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools for Python. AWS S3 is an object store ideal for storing large files.

This tutorial will look at two ways to read from and write to files in AWS S3 using Pandas.

Introduction

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) helps you control access to your AWS resources.

When you first create an AWS Account, you have complete access to all AWS services and resources in that account. This identity is the root user for the account. An IAM identity provides access to an AWS account.

This article will dive deeper into the three IAM Identities (Users, Groups, and Roles) and understand their differences.

Introduction

Flask-SQLAlchemy is an extension for Flask that adds support for SQLAlchemy to your application. SQLAlchemy is a Python library designed to simplify data access and manipulation. In other words, it helps programmers build applications that interact with databases.

SQLAlchemy is a powerful tool for building object oriented applications. It provides a clean interface for defining database schemas and mapping between those schemas and Python classes.

In this tutorial, we will look at how you can use Flask-SQLAlchemy with your AWS RDS database.

Introduction

AWS Secret Manager allows you to store sensitive data like passwords, API keys, certificates, and other secrets securely in the cloud. When you create a secret, you define what kind of information should be stored, how long it should last, and who has access to it. Secrets manager also provides additional features such as rotation of credentials, encryption at rest, and automatic expiration of credentials.

With Secrets Manager, you can replace hardcoded credentials in your code, including passwords. You can retrieve secrets programmatically with an API call to Secrets Manager.

In this article, we will look at how to use the AWS CLI to perform common Secrets Manager operations.