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How to use MFA with AWS CLI?

How do I type in the MFA code when using the AWS CLI? I have checked the documentation page of IAM http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/index.html.

I have the MFA-Devices already enabled under my username.

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

returns

{
"MFADevices": [
    {
        "UserName": "X", 
        "SerialNumber": "arn:aws:iam::+++:mfa/X", 
        "EnableDate": "2016-01-13T23:15:43Z"
    }
]
}
Solution

  • Call aws sts get-session-token --serial-number <serial> --token-code <code> documented here. This will give you a temporary security token. Documentation on using the temporary security token can be found here.