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mc admin user sts

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Description

New in version RELEASE.2023-02-16T19-20-11Z.

The mc admin user sts command operates on credentials generated using a Security Token Service (STS) API.

STS credentials provide temporary access to the MinIO deployment.

Use mc admin on MinIO Deployments Only

MinIO does not support using mc admin commands with other S3-compatible services, regardless of their claimed compatibility with MinIO deployments.

The mc admin user sts command has the following subcommands:

Subcommand

Description

mc admin user sts info

Retrieves information on the specified STS credential, including the parent user who generated the credentials, associated policies, and expiration.

Syntax

mc admin user sts info

Retrieves information on the specified STS credential, such as the parent user who generated the credentials, associated policies, and expiration.

The following command retrieves information on the STS credentials with specified access key:

mc admin user sts info myminio/ "J123C4ZXEQN8RK6ND35I"
mc [GLOBALFLAGS] admin user sts info \
   [--policy]                        \
   ALIAS                             \
   STSACCESSKEY
ALIAS
Required

The alias of the MinIO deployment for which the STS credentials were generated.

STSACCESSKEY
Required

The access key for the STS credentials.

--policy
Optional

Prints the policy attached to the specified STS credentials in JSON format.