Versent

Versent is an Australian cloud-native technology consultancy that has distilled its deep AWS expertise into saml2aws, a compact open-source utility that solves the everyday friction of federated command-line access. Built for engineers who need to move quickly between SAML identity providers and short-lived AWS credentials, the tool plugs directly into corporate single-sign-on flows from providers such as ADFS, Okta, Ping and Azure AD, exchanging SAML assertions for temporary access keys, session tokens and console URLs without ever touching the browser. Typical use cases include DevOps teams spinning up on-demand staging environments, data scientists querying cross-account S3 buckets, and security auditors rotating through dozens of roles during compliance reviews. By automating the credential handshake, saml2aws eliminates manual copy-paste steps, reduces the lifespan of privileged secrets, and fits neatly into shell scripts, Makefiles, CI pipelines and container entry-points. The CLI is lightweight, cross-platform and configuration-driven, so a single YAML file can map multiple named profiles to separate AWS accounts, regions and roles, while built-in support for Duo, Yubikey and other MFA methods keeps enterprise policies intact. Versent’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always installing the latest upstream release and allowing batch installation alongside other utilities.