sts:GetFederationToken

Read

sts:GetFederationToken is a Read access-level action in the sts service. Grants permission to obtain a set of temporary security credentials (consisting of an access key ID, a secret access key, and a security token) for a federated user

Resource types

ARNs that sts:GetFederationToken can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:sts::${Account}:federated-user/${FederatedUserName}
federated-user

Condition keys

No condition keys are documented for this action.

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows sts:GetFederationToken. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowStsGetFederationToken",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "sts:GetFederationToken",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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