Basics
The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is an open source tool that
enables you to interact with AWS services using commands in your
command-line shell.
the AWS CLI enables you to start running commands that implement functionality equivalent to that provided by the browser-based AWS Management Console from the command prompt in your terminal program:
the AWS CLI enables you to start running commands that implement functionality equivalent to that provided by the browser-based AWS Management Console from the command prompt in your terminal program:
- Linux shells: Use common shell programs such as bash, zsh, and tcsh to run commands in Linux or macOS.
- Windows command line: On Windows, run commands at the Windows command prompt or in PowerShell.
- Remotely: Run commands on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances through a remote terminal program such as PuTTY or SSH, or with AWS Systems Manager.
Installation
Configuration
AWS Configure
The AWS CLI stores this information in a profile (a collection of settings) named default in the credentials file
$aws configure