aws sts assume-role

aws sts assume-role (doc, API ref) Returns a set of temporary security credentials that you can use to access Amazon Web Services resources.

• aws sts assume-role --role-arn your_role
• aws sts assume-role --role-arn your_role --role-session-name XXXX
• aws sts assume-role --role-arn your_role --role-session-name XXXX --serial-number yyyyy --token-code your-token
• aws sts get-session-token --profile

--role-arn <value>
--role-session-name <value>
--duration-seconds <value> The maximum session duration setting can have a value from 1 hour to 12 hours
--source-identity

Related

• AWS IAM role
• aws iam enable-mfa-device
• aws sts assume-role-with-saml
• sts:AssumeRole
• Maximum session duration
• assumed-role/
• aws sts get-caller-identity
• aws iam get-role

Activities

• Enhance programmatic access for IAM users using a YubiKey for multi-factor authentication
• Creating a role to delegate permissions to an IAM user

See also

• aws sts assume-role, assumed-role/, arn:aws:sts
• 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 role, AWS service roles, AWS IAM Roles Anywhere: [ list-roles | get-role | create-role | put-role-policy | create-service-linked-role | attach-role-policy | update-role | add-role-to-instance-profile ], aws ec2 describe-iam-instance-profile-associations ], IAM roles for EC2 instances, AWSServiceRoleForAutoScaling