Managing skills using an IAM account created through another organization?

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SimpleJ asked · Dec 18, 2018 at 06:46 PM

Managing skills using an IAM account created through another organization?

I'm trying to deploy an Alexa skill to a client's AWS account, but I'm getting this error when I run `ask deploy`:

[Error]: Get Lambda ARN ask-custom-talk_stem-default failure for custom/default.
CredentialsError: Missing credentials in config

My credentials are located in `~/.aws/credentials`, and they're being successfully used by my scripts that upload files to S3 and create DynamoDB tables. It seems the Alexa skills console isn't actually part of AWS, so it's not clear how I'm supposed to view/edit/publish skills using my IAM credentials.

There also doesn't appear to be any information about configuring the skill in the "Configuring and Testing your skill" section of the docs, so I have no idea how I'm supposed to put my credentials in the `.ask/config` file.

Is there any documentation about the options available in `.ask/config`? How can I publish a skill using an IAM account created by an organization?

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Answer 1 · 2018-12-18T19:30:41Z

Alohakrisi answered · Dec 18, 2018 at 07:30 PM

They would need to create separate credentials on your behalf and then assign a policy that lets you deploy Alexa skills. Basically they would create a role first with the correct policies attached and then add you as a user to the group. You would then have to configure a second profile and select each time if you are working on your "private" or the other organization's account. I am not aware of a better solution. If it exists it would be great to know, if not, it's sorely needed. This should help:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/tutorial_cross-account-with-roles.html

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Alohakrisi · Dec 18, 2018 at 07:32 PM

Most Alexa skills by default only have Lambda basic policy attached. Ensure that they include S3 and Dynamo DB access as well.

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