# CreateVirtualMFADevice
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Creates a new virtual MFA device for the AWS account. After creating the virtual MFA, use [EnableMFADevice](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_EnableMFADevice.html) to attach the MFA device to an IAM user. For more information about creating and working with virtual MFA devices, see [Using a virtual MFA device](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_VirtualMFA.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.

For information about the maximum number of MFA devices you can create, see [IAM and AWS STS quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_iam-quotas.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.

**Important**  
The seed information contained in the QR code and the Base32 string should be treated like any other secret access information. In other words, protect the seed information as you would your AWS access keys or your passwords. After you provision your virtual device, you should ensure that the information is destroyed following secure procedures.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** Path **   
 The path for the virtual MFA device. For more information about paths, see [IAM identifiers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_Identifiers.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.  
This parameter is optional. If it is not included, it defaults to a slash (/).  
This parameter allows (through its [regex pattern](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex)) a string of characters consisting of either a forward slash (/) by itself or a string that must begin and end with forward slashes. In addition, it can contain any ASCII character from the \$1 (`\u0021`) through the DEL character (`\u007F`), including most punctuation characters, digits, and upper and lowercased letters.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.  
Pattern: `(\u002F)|(\u002F[\u0021-\u007E]+\u002F)`   
Required: No

 **Tags.member.N**   
A list of tags that you want to attach to the new IAM virtual MFA device. Each tag consists of a key name and an associated value. For more information about tagging, see [Tagging IAM resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_tags.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.  
If any one of the tags is invalid or if you exceed the allowed maximum number of tags, then the entire request fails and the resource is not created.
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Array Members: Maximum number of 50 items.  
Required: No

 ** VirtualMFADeviceName **   
The name of the virtual MFA device, which must be unique. Use with path to uniquely identify a virtual MFA device.  
This parameter allows (through its [regex pattern](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex)) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: \$1\$1=,.@-  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.  
Pattern: `[\w+=,.@-]+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Elements
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The following element is returned by the service.

 ** VirtualMFADevice **   
A structure containing details about the new virtual MFA device.  
Type: [VirtualMFADevice](API_VirtualMFADevice.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ConcurrentModification **   
The request was rejected because multiple requests to change this object were submitted simultaneously. Wait a few minutes and submit your request again.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** EntityAlreadyExists **   
The request was rejected because it attempted to create a resource that already exists.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InvalidInput **   
The request was rejected because an invalid or out-of-range value was supplied for an input parameter.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** LimitExceeded **   
The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current AWS account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** ServiceFailure **   
The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of CreateVirtualMFADevice.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=CreateVirtualMFADevice
&VirtualMFADeviceName=ExampleName
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<CreateVirtualMFADeviceResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
  <CreateVirtualMFADeviceResult>
    <VirtualMFADevice>
      <SerialNumber>arn:aws:iam::123456789012:mfa/ExampleName</SerialNumber>
      <Base32StringSeed>
        2K5K5XTLA7GGE75TQLYEXAMPLEEXAMPLEEXAMPLECHDFW4KJYZ6UFQ75LL7COCYKM
      </Base32StringSeed>
      <QRCodePNG>
        89504E470D0A1A0AASDFAHSDFKJKLJFKALSDFJASDF <!-- byte array of png file -->
      </QRCodePNG>
    </VirtualMFADevice>
  </CreateVirtualMFADeviceResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>7a62c49f-347e-4fc4-9331-6e8eEXAMPLE</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</CreateVirtualMFADeviceResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iam-2010-05-08/CreateVirtualMFADevice)