NAME

VM::EC2::Security::FederatedUser -- Federated user object

SYNOPSIS

 use VM::EC2;
 use VM::EC2::Security::Policy;

  # on your side of the connection
 $ec2 = VM::EC2->new(...);  # as usual
 my $policy = VM::EC2::Security::Policy->new;
 $policy->allow('DescribeImages','RunInstances');

 my $token = $ec2->get_federation_token(-name     => 'TemporaryUser',
                                        -duration => 60*60*3, # 3 hrs, as seconds
                                        -policy   => $policy);

 my $user = $token->federated_user;
 print $user->arn,"\n";
 print $user->federated_user_id,"\n";

DESCRIPTION

This object forms part of the VM::EC2::Security::Token object, which is created when you need to grant temporary access to some or all of your AWS resources to someone who does not have an AWS account.

METHODS

 arn()   --          Return the Amazon Resource Name unique identifier (ARN)
                        associated with the temporary user, e.g. 
                        arn:aws:sts::123451234512345:federated-user/fred

 federatedUserId() -- Return the user ID for this temporary user, e.g.
                        123451234512345:fred

STRING OVERLOADING

When used in a string context, this object will interpolate as the ARN.

AUTHOR

Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>.