How to use MFA with AWS CLI?

Question

How do I type in the MFA code when using the AWS CLI? I have checked the documentation page of IAM http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/index.html.

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Answer 1

Call aws sts get-session-token --serial-number --token-code documented here. This will give you a temporary security token. Documentation on using the temporary security token can be found here.