AWS IAM User

An IAM user is an AWS identity with a name and a pair of long-term access keys. Freeleapp keeps those keys in the macOS Keychain and never writes them to your configuration files. When you start the session it uses them to request short-term credentials, and refreshes those automatically. See AWS credentials for the details.

Create the session

1. Click + in the top bar.
2. Select Amazon AWS as the cloud provider.
3. Select AWS IAM User as the access method.
4. Fill in the fields below and click Create Session.

Field	Description
Session alias	A name for the session in Freeleapp. Make it easy to find.
Named Profile	The profile name in ~/.aws/credentials. Use it from the AWS CLI with --profile.
Region	The default region for this session.
MFA device	The ARN of your MFA device, if the user requires multi-factor authentication.
Access key ID	Your long-term access key, used only to request short-term credentials.
Secret access key	Your long-term secret key, used only to request short-term credentials.