AWS Federated login
AWS Federated User security credentials
I recently gained access to my organisation’s AWS account using federated login. This is new to me and I was struggling to work out how to get my user credentials.
It turns out that federated login is different to creating an IAM user, and that I needed to create my own IAM user.
If you’re not sure if you’re on a federated login, this is how it looks:
![Federated login header](/images/aws-federated-login/federated-login-header.png/D2jn6JWduz-320.jpeg)
Creating an IAM user
Go to the IAM service and create a new user. Make sure not to require password reset as the IAM permissions may not allow users to change their password
![Add User form](/images/aws-federated-login/add-user.png/v6MA7C_mub-960.jpeg)
Add any roles that are relevant. In this example I add admin, but make sure to add only the privileges you need
![Add group form](/images/aws-federated-login/add-group.png/auZQQhLmKJ-960.jpeg)
Add any tags if needed for reporting. I don’t use these
![Add tags form](/images/aws-federated-login/add-tags.png/UzorU_9shQ-960.jpeg)
Review your new user and click create user at the bottom
![Review user form](/images/aws-federated-login/review-user.png/J8sUHtpksM-960.jpeg)
This will show you all your credentials. Don’t forget to click show
under secret access key and password and/or download the CSV
These credentials were edited using developer tools, so they've never worked. They were then revoked and deleted
![Download credentials page](/images/aws-federated-login/success.png/oSY7paFK6s-960.jpeg)
Visit the URL to log in
![Login page](/images/aws-federated-login/login.png/wTA_-xKlGi-960.jpeg)
And you’re done!