AWS CLI with Unix password manager $ # first create gpg key $ gpg --full-generate-key $ # fetch gpg key id $ gpg --list-key /home/foobar/.gnupg/pubring.kbx ------------------------------ pub rsa3072 2022-12-30 [SC] ABC <-- this is the id uid [ultimate] Foo <foo@bar.ee> sub rsa3072 2022-12-30 [E] $ # init pass $ pass init <gpg_id> $ # insert AWS creds in pass $ pass -m aws/default { "Version": 1, "AccessKeyId": "ABC", "SecretAccessKey": "XYZ" } $ # configure aws $ cat <<EOF>> ~/.aws/credentials [default] credential_process = /usr/bin/pass aws/default EOF $ # use aws cli as usual $ aws s3 ls References https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-sourcing-external.html https://www.passwordstore.org/ https://vitalyparnas.com/guides/pass/