AWS STS examples using AWS CLI

To get short-term credentials for a role authenticated with SAML

The following assume-role-with-saml command retrieves a set of short-term credentials for the IAM role TestSaml. The request in this example is authenticated by using the SAML assertion supplied by your identity provider when you authenticate to it.

aws sts assume-role-with-saml \
    --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/TestSaml \
    --principal-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:saml-provider/SAML-test \
    --saml-assertion "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"

Output:

{
    "Issuer": "https://integ.example.com/idp/shibboleth</Issuer",
    "AssumedRoleUser": {
        "Arn": "arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/TestSaml",
        "AssumedRoleId": "ARO456EXAMPLE789:TestSaml"
    },
    "Credentials": {
        "AccessKeyId": "ASIAV3ZUEFP6EXAMPLE",
        "SecretAccessKey": "8P+SQvWIuLnKhh8d++jpw0nNmQRBZvNEXAMPLEKEY",
        "SessionToken": "IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEOz////////////////////wEXAMPLEtMSJHMEUCIDoKK3JH9uGQE1z0sINr5M4jk+Na8KHDcCYRVjJCZEvOAiEA3OvJGtw1EcViOleS2vhs8VdCKFJQWPQrmGdeehM4IC1NtBmUpp2wUE8phUZampKsburEDy0KPkyQDYwT7WZ0wq5VSXDvp75YU9HFvlRd8Tx6q6fE8YQcHNVXAkiY9q6d+xo0rKwT38xVqr7ZD0u0iPPkUL64lIZbqBAz+scqKmlzm8FDrypNC9Yjc8fPOLn9FX9KSYvKTr4rvx3iSIlTJabIQwj2ICCR/oLxBA==",
        "Expiration": "2019-11-01T20:26:47Z"
    },
    "Audience": "https://signin.aws.amazon.com/saml",
    "SubjectType": "transient",
    "PackedPolicySize": "6",
    "NameQualifier": "SbdGOnUkh1i4+EXAMPLExL/jEvs=",
    "Subject": "SamlExample"
}

For more information, see Requesting Temporary Security Credentials in the AWS IAM User Guide.

To get short-term credentials for a role authenticated with Web Identity (OAuth 2."0)

The following assume-role-with-web-identity command retrieves a set of short-term credentials for the IAM role app1. The request is authenticated by using the web identity token supplied by the specified web identity provider. Two additional policies are applied to the session to further restrict what the user can do. The returned credentials expire one hour after they are generated.

aws sts assume-role-with-web-identity \
    --duration-seconds 3600 \
    --role-session-name "app1" \
    --provider-id "www.amazon.com" \
    --policy-arns "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/q=webidentitydemopolicy1","arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/webidentitydemopolicy2" \
    --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/FederatedWebIdentityRole \
    --web-identity-token "Atza%7CIQEBLjAsAhRFiXuWpUXuRvQ9PZL3GMFcYevydwIUFAHZwXZXXXXXXXXJnrulxKDHwy87oGKPznh0D6bEQZTSCzyoCtL_8S07pLpr0zMbn6w1lfVZKNTBdDansFBmtGnIsIapjI6xKR02Yc_2bQ8LZbUXSGm6Ry6_BG7PrtLZtj_dfCTj92xNGed-CrKqjG7nPBjNIL016GGvuS5gSvPRUxWES3VYfm1wl7WTI7jn-Pcb6M-buCgHhFOzTQxod27L9CqnOLio7N3gZAGpsp6n1-AJBOCJckcyXe2c6uD0srOJeZlKUm2eTDVMf8IehDVI0r1QOnTV6KzzAI3OY87Vd_cVMQ"

Output:

{
    "SubjectFromWebIdentityToken": "amzn1.account.AF6RHO7KZU5XRVQJGXK6HB56KR2A",
    "Audience": "client.5498841531868486423.1548@apps.example.com",
    "AssumedRoleUser": {
        "Arn": "arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/FederatedWebIdentityRole/app1",
        "AssumedRoleId": "AROACLKWSDQRAOEXAMPLE:app1"
    },
    "Credentials": {
        "AccessKeyId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
        "SecretAccessKey": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYzEXAMPLEKEY",
        "SessionToken": "AQoEXAMPLEH4aoAH0gNCAPyJxz4BlCFFxWNE1OPTgk5TthT+FvwqnKwRcOIfrRh3c/LTo6UDdyJwOOvEVPvLXCrrrUtdnniCEXAMPLE/IvU1dYUg2RVAJBanLiHb4IgRmpRV3zrkuWJOgQs8IZZaIv2BXIa2R4OlgkBN9bkUDNCJiBeb/AXlzBBko7b15fjrBs2+cTQtpZ3CYWFXG8C5zqx37wnOE49mRl/+OtkIKGO7fAE",
        "Expiration": "2020-05-19T18:06:10+00:00"
    },
    "Provider": "www.amazon.com"
}

For more information, see Requesting Temporary Security Credentials in the AWS IAM User Guide.

To assume a role

The following assume-role command retrieves a set of short-term credentials for the IAM role s3-access-example.

aws sts assume-role \
    --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/xaccounts3access \
    --role-session-name s3-access-example

Output:

{
    "AssumedRoleUser": {
        "AssumedRoleId": "AROA3XFRBF535PLBIFPI4:s3-access-example",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/xaccounts3access/s3-access-example"
    },
    "Credentials": {
        "SecretAccessKey": "9drTJvcXLB89EXAMPLELB8923FB892xMFI",
        "SessionToken": "AQoXdzELDDY//////////wEaoAK1wvxJY12r2IrDFT2IvAzTCn3zHoZ7YNtpiQLF0MqZye/qwjzP2iEXAMPLEbw/m3hsj8VBTkPORGvr9jM5sgP+w9IZWZnU+LWhmg+a5fDi2oTGUYcdg9uexQ4mtCHIHfi4citgqZTgco40Yqr4lIlo4V2b2Dyauk0eYFNebHtYlFVgAUj+7Indz3LU0aTWk1WKIjHmmMCIoTkyYp/k7kUG7moeEYKSitwQIi6Gjn+nyzM+PtoA3685ixzv0R7i5rjQi0YE0lf1oeie3bDiNHncmzosRM6SFiPzSvp6h/32xQuZsjcypmwsPSDtTPYcs0+YN/8BRi2/IcrxSpnWEXAMPLEXSDFTAQAM6Dl9zR0tXoybnlrZIwMLlMi1Kcgo5OytwU=",
        "Expiration": "2016-03-15T00:05:07Z",
        "AccessKeyId": "ASIAJEXAMPLEXEG2JICEA"
    }
}

The output of the command contains an access key, secret key, and session token that you can use to authenticate to AWS.

For AWS CLI use, you can set up a named profile associated with a role. When you use the profile, the AWS CLI will call assume-role and manage credentials for you. For more information, see Use an IAM role in the AWS CLI in the AWS CLI User Guide.

To launch a privileged session

The following assume-root command retrieves a set of short-term credentials you can use to remove a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket policy for a member account in your organization.

aws sts assume-root \
    --duration-seconds 900 \
    --target-principal 111122223333 \
    --task-policy-arn arn=arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/root-task/S3UnlockBucketPolicy

Output:

{
    "Credentials": {
        "SecretAccessKey": "9drTJvcXLB89EXAMPLELB8923FB892xMFI",
        "SessionToken": "AQoXdzELDDY//////////wEaoAK1wvxJY12r2IrDFT2IvAzTCn3zHoZ7YNtpiQLF0MqZye/qwjzP2iEXAMPLEbw/m3hsj8VBTkPORGvr9jM5sgP+w9IZWZnU+LWhmg+a5fDi2oTGUYcdg9uexQ4mtCHIHfi4citgqZTgco40Yqr4lIlo4V2b2Dyauk0eYFNebHtYlFVgAUj+7Indz3LU0aTWk1WKIjHmmMCIoTkyYp/k7kUG7moeEYKSitwQIi6Gjn+nyzM+PtoA3685ixzv0R7i5rjQi0YE0lf1oeie3bDiNHncmzosRM6SFiPzSvp6h/32xQuZsjcypmwsPSDtTPYcs0+YN/8BRi2/IcrxSpnWEXAMPLEXSDFTAQAM6Dl9zR0tXoybnlrZIwMLlMi1Kcgo5OytwU=",
        "Expiration": "2024-11-15T00:05:07Z",
        "AccessKeyId": "ASIAJEXAMPLEXEG2JICEA"
    },
    "SourceIdentity": "Alice",
}

The output of the command contains an access key, secret key, and session token that you can use to to perform privileged actions in the member account. For more information, see Perform a privileged task on an AWS Organizations member account in the AWS IAM User Guide.

To decode an encoded authorization message returned in response to a request

The following decode-authorization-message example decodes additional information about the authorization status of a request from an encoded message returned in response to an Amazon Web Services request.

aws sts decode-authorization-message \
    --encoded-message EXAMPLEWodyRNrtlQARDip-eTA6i6DrlUhHhPQrLWB_lAbl5pAKxl9mPDLexYcGBreyIKQC1BGBIpBKr3dFDkwqeO7e2NMk5j_hmzAiChJN-8oy3EwiCjkUW5fdRNjcRvscGlUo_MhqHqHpR-Ojau7BMjOTWwOtHPhV_Zaz87yENdipr745EjQwRd5LaoL3vN8_5ZfA9UiBMKDgVh1gjqZJFUiQoubv78V1RbHNYnK44ElGKmUWYa020I1y6TNS9LXoNmc62GzkfGvoPGhD13br5tXEOo1rAm3vsPewRDFNkYL-4_1MWWezhRNEpqvXBDXLI9xEux7YYkRtjd45NJLFzZynBUubV8NHOevVuighd1Mvz3OiA-1_oPSe4TBtjfN9s7kjU1z70WpVbUgrLVp1xXTK1rf9Ea7t8shPd-3VzKhjS5tLrweFxNOKwV2GtT76B_fRp8HTYz-pOu3FZjwYStfvTb3GHs3-6rLribGO9jZOktkfE6vqxlFzLyeDr4P2ihC1wty9tArCvvGzIAUNmARQJ2VVWPxioqgoqCzMaDMZEO7wkku7QeakEVZdf00qlNLMmcaVZb1UPNqD-JWP5pwe_mAyqh0NLw-r1S56YC_90onj9A80sNrHlI-tIiNd7tgNTYzDuPQYD2FMDBnp82V9eVmYGtPp5NIeSpuf3fOHanFuBZgENxZQZ2dlH3xJGMTtYayzZrRXjiq_SfX9zeBbpCvrD-0AJK477RM84vmtCrsUpJgx-FaoPIb8LmmKVBLpIB0iFhU9sEHPqKHVPi6jdxXqKaZaFGvYVmVOiuQdNQKuyk0p067POFrZECLjjOtNPBOZCcuEKEXAMPLE

Output:

{
    "DecodedMessage": "{\"allowed\":false,\"explicitDeny\":true,\"matchedStatements\":{\"items\":[{\"statementId\":\"VisualEditor0\",\"effect\":\"DENY\",\"principals\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"AROA123456789EXAMPLE\"}]},\"principalGroups\":{\"items\":[]},\"actions\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"ec2:RunInstances\"}]},\"resources\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"*\"}]},\"conditions\":{\"items\":[]}}]},\"failures\":{\"items\":[]},\"context\":{\"principal\":{\"id\":\"AROA123456789EXAMPLE:Ana\",\"arn\":\"arn:aws:sts::111122223333:assumed-role/Developer/Ana\"},\"action\":\"RunInstances\",\"resource\":\"arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:instance/*\",\"conditions\":{\"items\":[{\"key\":\"ec2:MetadataHttpPutResponseHopLimit\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"2\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:InstanceMarketType\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"on-demand\"}]}},{\"key\":\"aws:Resource\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"instance/*\"}]}},{\"key\":\"aws:Account\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"111122223333\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:AvailabilityZone\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"us-east-1f\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:ebsOptimized\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"false\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:IsLaunchTemplateResource\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"false\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:InstanceType\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"t2.micro\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:RootDeviceType\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"ebs\"}]}},{\"key\":\"aws:Region\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"us-east-1\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:MetadataHttpEndpoint\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"enabled\"}]}},{\"key\":\"aws:Service\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"ec2\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:InstanceID\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"*\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:MetadataHttpTokens\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"required\"}]}},{\"key\":\"aws:Type\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"instance\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:Tenancy\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"default\"}]}},{\"key\":\"ec2:Region\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"us-east-1\"}]}},{\"key\":\"aws:ARN\",\"values\":{\"items\":[{\"value\":\"arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:instance/*\"}]}}]}}}"
}

For more information, see Policy evaluation logic in the AWS IAM User Guide.

To get details about the current IAM identity

The following get-caller-identity command displays information about the IAM identity used to authenticate the request. The caller is an IAM user.

aws sts get-caller-identity

Output:

{
    "UserId": "AIDASAMPLEUSERID",
    "Account": "123456789012",
    "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/DevAdmin"
}

To return a set of temporary security credentials using IAM user access key credentials

The following get-federation-token example returns a set of temporary security credentials (consisting of an access key ID, a secret access key, and a security token) for a user. You must call the GetFederationToken operation using the long-term security credentials of an IAM user.

aws sts get-federation-token \
    --name Bob \
    --policy file://myfile.json \
    --policy-arns arn=arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess \
    --duration-seconds 900

Contents of myfile.json:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "ec2:Describe*",
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "elasticloadbalancing:Describe*",
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
                "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
                "cloudwatch:Describe*"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "autoscaling:Describe*",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Output:

{
    "Credentials": {
        "AccessKeyId": "ASIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
        "SecretAccessKey": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY",
        "SessionToken": "EXAMPLEpZ2luX2VjEGoaCXVzLXdlc3QtMiJIMEYCIQC/W9pL5ArQyDD5JwFL3/h5+WGopQ24GEXweNctwhi9sgIhAMkg+MZE35iWM8s4r5Lr25f9rSTVPFH98G42QQunWMTfKq0DCOP//////////wEQAxoMNDUyOTI1MTcwNTA3Igxuy3AOpuuoLsk3MJwqgQPg8QOd9HuoClUxq26wnc/nm+eZLjHDyGf2KUAHK2DuaS/nrGSEXAMPLE",
        "Expiration": "2023-12-20T02:06:07+00:00"
    },
    "FederatedUser": {
        "FederatedUserId": "111122223333:Bob",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:sts::111122223333:federated-user/Bob"
    },
    "PackedPolicySize": 36
}

For more information, see Requesting Temporary Security Credentials in the AWS IAM User Guide.

To get a set of short term credentials for an IAM identity

The following get-session-token command retrieves a set of short-term credentials for the IAM identity making the call. The resulting credentials can be used for requests where multi-factor authentication (MFA) is required by policy. The credentials expire 15 minutes after they are generated.

aws sts get-session-token \
    --duration-seconds 900 \
    --serial-number "YourMFADeviceSerialNumber" \
    --token-code 123456

Output:

{
    "Credentials": {
        "AccessKeyId": "ASIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
        "SecretAccessKey": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYzEXAMPLEKEY",
        "SessionToken": "AQoEXAMPLEH4aoAH0gNCAPyJxz4BlCFFxWNE1OPTgk5TthT+FvwqnKwRcOIfrRh3c/LTo6UDdyJwOOvEVPvLXCrrrUtdnniCEXAMPLE/IvU1dYUg2RVAJBanLiHb4IgRmpRV3zrkuWJOgQs8IZZaIv2BXIa2R4OlgkBN9bkUDNCJiBeb/AXlzBBko7b15fjrBs2+cTQtpZ3CYWFXG8C5zqx37wnOE49mRl/+OtkIKGO7fAE",
        "Expiration": "2020-05-19T18:06:10+00:00"
    }
}

For more information, see Requesting Temporary Security Credentials in the AWS IAM User Guide.