AWS CLI

Writing it down because I keep forgetting...

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What is the AWS Command Line Interface?

• An open source tool that allows you to interact with AWS services using the command-line shell

• With AWS CLI, you can run commands with minimal configuration from your desired terminal program that implement the same functionality provided by the browser-based AWS Management Console

  • Linux shells

    • Run commands on Linux or MacOS using common shell programs like bash, zsh, tcsh

  • Windows command line

    • On Windows, run commands using PowerShell or Windows command prompt

  • Remotely

    • Run commands on EC2 instances through remote terminal programs like PuTTY, SSH, or AWS Systems Manager

Installing the AWS CLI version 2 on Linux

1. Download the installation file

Using curl command

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"

2. Unzip the installer

unzip awscliv2.zip

3. Run the install program

sudo ./aws/install

4. Confirm the installation

chloe@chloe-XPS-15-9570 ~
$ aws --version
aws-cli/2.0.19 Python/3.7.3 Linux/5.3.0-61-generic botocore/2.0.0dev23

Configuring the AWS CLI

configure

$ aws configure get aws_access_key_id
default_access_key

$ aws configure get default.aws_access_key_id
default_access_key

$ aws configure get aws_access_key_id --profile testing
testing_access_key

$ aws configure get profile.testing.aws_access_key_id
testing_access_key

ex)

Checking region

chloe@chloe-XPS-15-9570 ~/Workspace/kendra-button/frontend/kendra-button-front
$ aws configure get region
us-west-2