nccgroup/aws-inventory

botocore.exceptions.ClientError: An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the AssumeRole operation

Leectan opened this issue · 1 comments

Leectan commented

Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
botocore.exceptions.ClientError: An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the AssumeRole operation: User: arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/aws-user is not authorized to perform: sts:AssumeRole on resource: arn:aws:iam::210987654321:role/cross-account-assume-role

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to 'python aws_inventory.py --profile profile1'

Expected behavior
Should run all the way and output a file.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: MacOS
  • Python Version python 2.7.16
bitsandsalsa commented

@Leectan I think your configuration is set to use an IAM role. See AWS CLI and Boto configuration docs. The inventory tool does not do any assuming of roles.