aws sts get-caller-identity

The aws sts get-caller-identity command outputs three pieces of information including the ARN.

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/sts/get-caller-identity.html

ACCOUNT_ID=$(aws sts get-caller-identity --output text --query 'Account')

aws sts get-caller-identity

aws sts get-caller-identity
{
    "UserId": "ZIDBZCTGOUKVXXFNQ5Q3F",
    "Account": "894058868389",
    "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::894058868389:user/your_user"
}

Related

• aws iam get-account-summary
• aws iam list-account-aliases
• aws sts get-session-token
• An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the ListBuckets operation: Access Denied

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 CLI, aws [ configure | iam | ec2 | ecs | eks | s3 | rds | sts | cloudwatch | cloudformation | cloudfront | eventbridge | lambda ], aws configure list, .aws/credentials, .aws/config, ~/.aws/cli/alias, --output [ table | json | text | XXX ], Aws cli environmental variables: AWS_PROFILE, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, AWS_REGION, AWS_CLI_AUTO_PROMPT, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, aws list all, auto-prompt, --version, whoamiaws, --filters, --help