AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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This method is used internally to access the Amazon Security Token service within other service assemblies. Please use AmazonSecurityTokenServiceClient to access the Amazon Security Token service instead.

Authenticates against a federated identity endpoint supporting SAML and returns temporary AWS credentials for the supplied role.

Namespace: Amazon.Runtime.SharedInterfaces
Assembly: AWSSDK.Core.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C# 
public abstract SAMLImmutableCredentials CredentialsFromSAMLAuthentication(
         String endpoint,
         String authenticationType,
         String roleARN,
         TimeSpan credentialDuration,
         ICredentials userCredential
)

Parameters

endpoint
Type: System.String

The endpoint for the federated identity provider

authenticationType
Type: System.String

The authentication type to use (NTLM, Kerberos etc)

roleARN
Type: System.String

The ARN of the role the user is to assume following authentication

credentialDuration
Type: System.TimeSpan

TTL duration for the generated credentials.

userCredential
Type: System.Net.ICredentials

Optional; alternate user credential for authentication. If null the identity of the current process is used.

Return Value


Type: SAMLImmutableCredentials
Generated credential data, including SAML-related information such as subject.

Remarks

Proxy settings that are required for the HTTPS and STS calls made during the authentication/credential generation process are supported and should have been configured on the STS ClientConfig instance associated with the STS client instance exposing this interface.

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5