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.