AWS CLI

Cloud control-plane access from a shell. Great for enumeration, dangerous for the incautious.

When to use AWS CLI

Use AWS CLI when you need to:

• confirm who you are in AWS and which account you reached
• enumerate common resources such as S3, EC2, IAM, or Lambda
• script repeatable cloud recon without living in the console
• validate permissions and region/profile assumptions quickly

Quick Start

# Confirm version and identity
aws --version
aws sts get-caller-identity