aws sts get-session-token

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/sts/get-session-token.html

• 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

Example

aws sts get-session-token \
    --duration-seconds 900 \
    --serial-number "YourMFADeviceSerialNumber" \
    --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"
   }
}

Related terms

• MFA

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