AKEYLESS Cloud ID Retriever

0.3.1 verified Sat May 09 auth: no python

Python library for retrieving cloud provider identity tokens (AWS, GCP, Azure) for use with AKEYLESS authentication. Version 0.3.1 is the latest, with low release cadence.

pip install akeyless-cloud-id

Common errors

error ImportError: cannot import name 'CloudId' from 'akeyless_cloud_id' ↓

cause Using wrong import path or older version where symbol didn't exist

fix

Install latest version: pip install --upgrade akeyless-cloud-id and use 'from akeyless_cloud_id import CloudId'

error akeyless_cloud_id.exceptions.AkeylessCloudIdError: Unknown provider: 'aws2' ↓

cause Invalid provider string passed to get_cloud_id()

fix

Use one of: 'aws', 'gcp', 'azure' (lowercase)

Warnings

breaking Import path changed from akeyless_cloud_id.cloud_id to akeyless_cloud_id in version 0.2.0 ↓

fix Use 'from akeyless_cloud_id import CloudId'

gotcha get_cloud_id() returns a string, not an object; expects valid provider names: 'aws', 'gcp', 'azure' ↓

fix Ensure provider string is lowercase and correct; check supported values in docs.

deprecated The function 'get_cloud_id' may be deprecated in future; check for new API ↓

fix Monitor release notes for changes.

Imports

CloudId

wrong

from akeyless_cloud_id.cloud_id import CloudId

correct

from akeyless_cloud_id import CloudId

Old import path

Quickstart

Initialize and retrieve a cloud identity token (e.g., AWS).

from akeyless_cloud_id import CloudId

cloud_id = CloudId()
token = cloud_id.get_cloud_id('aws')
print(token)