Authenticate GitHub Actions to AWS with OIDC (no stored keys)

domain: github-actions · 4 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Create an AWS IAM OIDC provider for token.actions.githubusercontent.com
  2. Create a role whose trust policy matches repo:org/repo:ref conditions on the sub claim
  3. In the workflow: permissions: id-token: write, then aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials with role-to-assume
  4. Remove all long-lived AWS keys from repo secrets

Known gotchas

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