{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/405","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/405/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/405/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/405/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/405","id":100563398,"number":405,"title":"How does one get the aws session token?","user":{"login":"waygee","id":945592,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/945592?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee","html_url":"https://github.com/waygee","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-08-12T14:58:15Z","updated_at":"2015-08-12T15:27:23Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Not sure how to get the aws session token mentioned in the example.  Can someone provide any assistance here?  Is it a necessary setting?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/comments/130342371","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/405#issuecomment-130342371","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/vagrant-aws/issues/405","id":130342371,"user":{"login":"waygee","id":945592,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/945592?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee","html_url":"https://github.com/waygee","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/waygee/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-12T15:27:23Z","updated_at":"2015-08-12T15:27:23Z","body":"ok, found my own answer.\r\n\r\n1.  Download and install  the Amazon Command Line Interface\r\n\r\n2.  Configure the command line interface\r\naws configure\r\n\r\n3.  Request the session token\r\naws sts get-session-token --duration-seconds 129600   (enter your own duration)"}}