aws sts get-session-token
https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/sts/get-session-token.html
aws sts get-session-token --profile "$1" --serial-number "$2" --token-code $MFA_CODE
- Duration: 12 hours (43,200 seconds) as the default. Valid range: 15 minutes to 36 hours (129,600 seconds).
Examples
aws sts get-session-token --serial-number <mfa_device> --token-code <token>
aws sts get-session-token --serial-number arn:aws:iam::62405745487395:mfa/yourname --token-code 123456
aws sts get-session-token --serial-number arn:aws:iam::62405745487395:mfa/yourname --duration-seconds 129600 --token-code 123456
aws sts get-session-token --serial-number arn:aws:iam::62405745487395:mfa/yourname --duration-seconds 129600 --token-code 123456 --output text
Synopsys
get-session-token [--duration-seconds <value>] [--serial-number <value>] [--token-code <value>] [--cli-input-json <value>] [--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
Example
aws sts get-session-token \ --duration-seconds 900 \ --serial-number "arn:aws:iam::62405745487395:mfa/yourname" \ --token-code 123456 { "Credentials": { "AccessKeyId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE", "SecretAccessKey": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYzEXAMPLEKEY", "SessionToken": "AQoEXAMPLEH4aoAH0gNCAPyJxz4BlCFFxWNE1OPTgk5TthT+FvwqnKwRcOIfrRh3c/LTo6UDdyJwOOvEVPvLXCrrrUtdnniCEXAMPLE/IvU1dYUg2RVAJBanLiHb4IgRmpRV3zrkuWJOgQs8IZZaIv2BXIa2R4OlgkBN9bkUDNCJiBeb/AXlzBBko7b15fjrBs2+cTQtpZ3CYWFXG8C5zqx37wnOE49mRl/+OtkIKGO7fAE", "Expiration": "2020-05-19T18:06:10+00:00" } }
Errors
An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the GetSessionToken operation: MultiFactorAuthentication failed, unable to validate MFA code. Please verify your MFA serial number is valid and associated with this user.
Solution: make sure you are using a mfa ARN, arn:aws:iam::62405745487395:mfa/yourname
An error occurred (AuthFailure) when calling the DescribeInstances operation: AWS was not able to validate the provided access credentials Solution: make sure to add your generated credentials including AWS_SESSION_TOKEN to your credentials file
An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the GetSessionToken operation: MultiFactorAuthentication failed, must provide both MFA serial number and one time pass code.
An error occurred (ExpiredToken) when calling the XXX operation: The provided token has expired.
An error occurred (InvalidClientTokenId) when calling the GetSessionToken operation: The security token included in the request is invalid
An error occurred (ExpiredToken) when calling the GetSessionToken operation: The security token included in the request is expired
Related terms
- MFA
aws iam list-virtual-mfa-devices --output text
AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
aws-sts-get-session-token
script- Terraform AWS provider:
assume_role
aws sts get-federation-token
- 1password
- EKS:
aws eks get-token
Activities
- Read https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/authenticate-mfa-cli/
- Using temporary credentials with AWS resources
See also
- AWS STS
(sts:)
,aws sts
[get-session-token
|get-caller-identity
|assume-role | assume-role-with-web-identity | assume-role-with-saml | get-access-key-info ]
aws iam
[create-user
,create-group, get-user
,list-users
|list-policies
|list-attached-user-policies
|attach-user-policy
|list-attached-user-policies
|list-roles
|get-account-summary
|put-group-policy | put-role-policy | put-user-policy
|create-login-profile
|aws iam delete-virtual-mfa-device
|aws iam list-virtual-mfa-devices
|aws iam create-saml-provider
|aws iam list-account-aliases
|aws iam create-role | aws iam change-password| enable-mfa-device | list-instance-profiles
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