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

We documented a few considerations for AWS API multifactor in general (where to add the conditions, what are the implications etc.) in the documentation for some custom tooling (https://github.com/kreuzwerker/awsu) we developed for using Yubikeys as source for the TOTP tokens. This makes working with roles and long-term credentials + session tokens pretty easy.