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If you have a NASA identity, once you are notified that your Science Cloud identity is ready, your AWS Console login process will be:
- Navigate to the access portal link: http://aws.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/
- Login Log in using your @nasa.gov email address
- You will be prompted to authenticate using your PIV credentials via Launchpad
- Once authenticated, you'll be redirected to the AWS Access Portal
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If you do not have a NASA identity, once you are notified that your Science Cloud identity is ready, your AWS Console login process will be:
- Navigate to the access portal link: http://aws.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/
- Enter the email address you were invited to Entra ID with (this email address will also be specified when you are notified that your Science Cloud identity is ready)
- Follow login prompts
- Complete multi-factor authentication using Microsoft Authenticator
- If this is your first time logging in, you'll be guided through setting up Microsoft Authenticator on your mobile device
- Once authenticated, you'll be redirected to the AWS Access Portal
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In addition to using the AWS Management Console through the portal, you can also access AWS programmatically using the AWS CLI and SDKs (are these common acronyms that all users will understand? If not, perhaps define.). There are two main approaches:
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For seamless, long-term programmatic access, configure the AWS CLI to work directly with IAM Identity Center:
Initial Setup
Important: Remove Before proceeding, remove any existing aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key related to your AWS account from your ~/.aws/credentialscredentials file before proceeding.
Configure SSO Session
- Set up the SSO session:
aws configure sso-session - Enter the required details:
- SSO session name: your-memorable-sso-name (choose a memorable name)
- SSO start URL: https://d-9067c5bbc5.awsapps.com/start/#
- SSO region:
us-east-1 - SSO registration scopes:
sso:account:access
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