Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS CLI

Installation:

  • Arch Linux:

    $ sudo pacman -S aws-cli

  • Debian:

    $ sudo apt-get install awscli

  • Fedora

    $ sudo dnf install awscli2

  • Other:

    $ wget https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip
$ unzip awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip
$ sudo ./aws/install
$ /usr/local/bin/aws version
$ rm -r -f ./aws/ ./awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip

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Configuration:

Before using the AWS CLI, it needs login information for an existing account. [3]

$ aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: <AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID>
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: <AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
Default region name [None]: <AWS_SSO_REGION>
Default output format [None]: None

History

Bibliography

  1. “Install or update the latest version of the AWS CLI.” AWS Documentation. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html

  2. “How to install aws cli on Linux.” nixCraft. January 27, 2023. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-aws-cli-on-linux/

  3. “How to Install and Configure AWS CLI on Linux.” DevOpsCube. December 7, 2022. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://devopscube.com/install-configure-aws-cli-linux/