terraform-aws-oidc-github VS wait-for-secrets

A bit of a shameless plug for a relevant Terraform module I made (specific to GitHub in this case): https://github.com/unfunco/terraform-aws-oidc-github

I just got the OIDC bridge working and it is magic. I used the module at https://github.com/unfunco/terraform-aws-oidc-github and was delighted it worked on the first try.

To deal with the OTP (or any other 2FA), we can use wait-for-secrets. Compared to the previous basic usage, we are splitting the Lerna-Lite Version & Publish into 2 separate tasks. The reason is simple, calling the OTP too early would timeout even before reaching the publish phase, so calling the OTP just before the publish is the best way to avoid invalid pin.

While OIDC is a good option, at StepSecurity, we are building an open-source project that allows using your MFA tokens for deployments in CI/ CD. So far, it is implemented for GitHub Actions - https://github.com/step-security/wait-for-secrets. In this method, you get a link in the build log, click the link, and can enter credentials at run time, which then gets used in the next step in the pipeline for deployment. So there are no persistent secrets stored in the CI/ CD pipeline and no need for managing/ rotating separate deployment credentials.