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.

SEE ALSO

VM::EC2 VM::EC2::Generic

AUTHOR

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

Copyright (c) 2011 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

This package and its accompanying libraries is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL (either version 1, or at your option, any later version) or the Artistic License 2.0. Refer to LICENSE for the full license text. In addition, please see DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.