Netflix has open sourced two AWS management tools -- named ConsoleMe and Weep. The tools may help MSPs and end-customers to more effectively manage Amazon Web Services public cloud settings, while mitigating the risk of AWS misconfigurations that potentially lead to data leaks and security breaches.The Netflix tools include:Netflix has extensive experience running and managing AWS workloads. Indeed, Netflex's video streaming service runs on AWS infrastructure.
- ConsoleMe, a self-service tool for AWS that provides an easier way of managing permissions and access across multiple accounts, while encouraging least-privilege permissions.
- Weep, which is ConsoleMe’s CLI utility. It retrieves temporary (1-hour) AWS credentials from ConsoleMe, and offers a number of different ways to serve them locally.