AWS CLI

The AWS Command Line Interface is mainly required for its SSO authentication command.

brew install awscli

You can also refer to AWS' guide for installing AWS CLI

Also install session-manager either through Homebrew session-manager for Mac or the general AWS installation instruction for other platforms. session-manager is used by ok forward to connect to your database remotely.

Verification

Confirm both tools resolve on your PATH:

aws --version
session-manager-plugin --version

Each command prints the version it installed. A command not found error means that tool did not install — repeat its step above.