Configuring MFA Delete on S3 Buckets
What if an MFA device is lost or has stopped working?
- Select any other MFA device while signing the account.
- In case there was only one MFA device available, verify your account through email and phone number.
- Select the Troubleshoot MFA option when asked to enter the verification code.
- Verify your identity through email verification and then verify your phone number.
- Once you’ve signed in successfully, delete the lost MFA device from your MFA settings.
What devices can be set up as an MFA device?
- Virtual MFA Device: Using a mobile device as we saw in the above guide.
- FIDO security key: Hardware security keys are provided by Third Parties. Read more about FIDO in this article.
- Hardware TOTP token: A physical device which generates a six-digit numeric code based upon a time-based one-time password (TOTP) algorithm.
How many MFA devices can be set up at a time?
You can register up to 8 devices from the combination supported by AWS.
Configuring MFA Delete On S3 Buckets
The AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is a cloud service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to store your data securely. You can access this service through your IAM role or root user account. In this article, we’ll see how to secure your S3 data in addition to the IAM policies through the MFA assignment. Furthermore, we’ll cover how to set up MFA Delete for your AWS S3 bucket and its usage while deleting an object from the S3.