iam:CreateVirtualMFADevice

Write

iam:CreateVirtualMFADevice is a Write access-level action in the iam service. Grants permission to create a new virtual MFA device

Resource types

ARNs that iam:CreateVirtualMFADevice can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:iam::${Account}:mfa/${MfaTokenIdWithPath}
mfa

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants iam:CreateVirtualMFADevice.

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access based on the tags associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows iam:CreateVirtualMFADevice. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowIamCreateVirtualMFADevice",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:CreateVirtualMFADevice",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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