What is MFA and how to use it with AWS CLI

Question

I have an MFA device enabled already with a username

aws iam list-mfa-devices --user-name X

How can I get the temporary security token for it?

Answer 1

To get the temporary session token use the following command:

aws sts get-session-token --token-code <value>

To use these security credentials with AWS CLI, follow the commands:

aws sts assume-role --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/role-name --role-session-name "RoleSession1" --profile IAM-user-name > assume-role-output.txt

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