How to Reduce the Need to Re-authorize by Opening Device Authorization URL when Using Okta AWS CLI
Jun 24, 2024
Okta Identity Engine
API Access Management
Overview
This article describes how to cache the access token used by Okta AWS CLI so as to reduce the need to open the Device Authorization URL.
Applies To
- Okta AWS CLI
- Okta Identity Engine
Cause
Solution
- pass the --cache-access-token flag to the CLI;
or
- set an environment variable (or .env file) to contain the variable OKTA_AWSCLI_CACHE_ACCESS_TOKEN=true.
