Use AWS Toolkit in VSC with role switching

Question

I have to switch roles and for the cli I use aws-vault which works perfectly. In Visual Studio Code I would like to use the AWS Toolkit but it does not allow me to switch roles, it only provides using different accounts. Is there a way to switch roles so I can use AWS Toolkit? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Hello.

The following Stack Overflow response may be helpful, and we would appreciate it if you could check if we can fulfill your request here. [1]

[1] amazon web services - How to switch or assume role from Visual Studio to access AWS resource - Stack Overflow  
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65517748/how-to-switch-or-assume-role-from-visual-studio-to-access-aws-resource

I have actually been able to switch roles to another account in Visual Studio Code.

![my VSC](/media/postImages/original/IMxjJXaLRlSzOv3-xIkIEwAA)

Answer

Yes, this works perfectly. The AWS Toolkit sees the profiles in my credentials file and not in my config file. Now, following the instructions in the StackOverflow post, I've added a profile in my credentials file and now I can switch role. Awesome! Thanks!

Use AWS Toolkit in VSC with role switching

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