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[HOL] Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

[HOL] Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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[HOL] Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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Hi guys, so in this lesson, we're going to set up multi-factor authentication on our AWS user account. And that means we're going to need some kind of generator for the codes. Now I use the Google Authenticator app. You can find this for your phone in the app store. So just download Google Authenticator and then we can continue. So let's head over to the console. Now, back in the console, I'm going to head back into the Identity and Access Management service. And I'm logged in with my individual user account. And you can see that up in the top right here, where it says Neil at, and then the account alias. So in the console, I'm going to go to Users. I'm going to select my user account. I'm going to head over to Security Credentials. And then if I just look on the middle here, we've got assigned MFA device and it says not assigned. And by the way, you can change your password here as well. But what we're gonna do is assign an MFA device. So let's click on manage. Now here you get to…

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