atmos auth exec

Run any tool (Terraform, AWS CLI, kubectl, etc.) with the right cloud identity injected automatically into the environment. Use exec when you want a one-off command to inherit secure, temporary credentials without polluting your shell session.

atmos auth exec --help

Usage

atmos auth exec [--identity <name>] -- <command> [args...]

Arguments

command

The program to execute with authentication environment variables set.

args...

Arguments to pass through to the command.

Examples

# Run terraform with authenticated env
atmos auth exec -- terraform plan -var-file=env.tfvars

# Use a specific identity
atmos auth exec --identity prod-admin -- aws sts get-caller-identity

# Inspect env
atmos auth exec -- env | grep AWS

Flags

--identity (alias -i)

Specify the identity to use. If omitted, the default identity is used.

Notes

• -- is required to stop Atmos flag parsing; everything after is passed to the subcommand.