The AWS Security Token Service (STS) is a web service that lets you grant a trusted user temporary, limited-privilege credentials to access your Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources.
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(Using CLI) AWS was not able to validate the provided access credentials
I get the following error, when executing the aws cli command: aws ec2 describe-instances --filters "Name=instance-type,Values=m1.small":
A client error (AuthFailure) occurred when calling the DescribeInstances operation: AWS was not able to…
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Using SQS with MFA and temporary STS credentials in dev environment
I'm trying to use a MFA protected SQS queue from a node.js application.
The code looks like this:
var sts = new AWS.STS(),
awsSerialNumber = process.env.AWS_MFA_SERIAL_NUMBER,
awsTokenCode = process.env.AWS_MFA_TOKEN;
sts.getSessionToken({
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Amazon Cognito: How to pass credentials to server-side application
I have a client side application (developed in Java, not Android) that authenticate a user with an Amazon Cognito User Pool. To make things clear: that application display a username/password entry dialog, then authenticate with the Cognito user…
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Amazon Web Services : Assume role with SAML: Security token Service Restrictions
We are implementing SAML based federation with AWS to acceess S3 bucket.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_saml.html
There is a security flaw with this approach. If we do STS:AssumeRole, any one can debug, get SAML…
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How to pass credentials to AWS STS GetSessionToken
I wrote a javascript file manager to manage user files on an Amazon S3. It uses the AWS Javascript API. Developed it using hard-coded IAM user credentials, and now for production want to use temporary credentials Instead.
My plan is for our PHP…
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Accessing AWS S3 with temporary credentials
Hi I have an application written in Scala (distributed system - Spark) and I need to have read access to my S3 bucket.
I have access to this bucket through AWS console using an IAM user and I want to gain a temporary credentials to that bucket using…
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How can I to use an AWS temporary security credential just one time?
I want to send a temporary security credentials to a user who can use this credential just one time and after that it will be disabled.
When I want to create a temporary security credentials, I only have the option to specify an expiry time. But I…
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How to Generate AWS DynamoDB Credential Key with STS API which is Limited to Insert and Update One Key/Row
Amazons STS allows to create credentials for DynamoDB. I do know how to create time limited (15min - 1h) crediential keys.
However I was wondering whether it is possible to generate a DynamoDB key which is allowed/limited to insert and update only…
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Amazon STS as Token Vending Machine: Is User Session Management a valid Usecase?
Recently I read this article:
http://aws.amazon.com/articles/SDKs/Android/4611615499399490
Now my question is...
Can the Amazon STS (Security Token Service) used as a Token Vending Machine to manage user sessions for a clients of a Web Server (As…
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Aws config rule for STS
I want to write custom config rule for STS to check VPCEndpoint exists.
Should i access sts service directly or via another service in lambda function via boto3 ?
Please provide me reference link to understand and come up with custom rule..
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Get STS Assume Role User Tags
I am trying to store metadata into an STS "assume role" session so that I can retrieve it when the session user calls my service.
To accomplish this, I am setting a tag during the STS assumeRole creation:
AWSSecurityTokenService service =…
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