AWS CLI

Complete reference for AWS CLI v2 commands and patterns.

Installation and Configuration

# macOS: brew install awscli
# Linux:
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip && sudo ./aws/install

# Setup (stores in ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config)
aws configure                       # default profile
aws configure --profile staging     # named profile
export AWS_PROFILE=staging          # set default for session
aws sts get-caller-identity         # check identity