AWS CLI

Install & Configuration

• See documentation. Basically just (1) check python version (2) pip
• "aws --version"

Configuration

• "aws configure"
  • AWS Access Key ID & Secret Access Key
    • Create IAM user (don't use root)
    • [user]->security credentials-> access keys -> "Create access key"-> download the file -> open the file
  • Default region name
  • Default output format: json

Environment Variables

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-envvars.html

Tips

Use " --generate-cli-skeleton" and "--cli-input-json"

Quick References

Assume Role (not normally needed)

aws sts assume-role --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/x --role-session-name x-session --duration-seconds 43200

Switch to Role

Set AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE, or use "--profile"

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-cli.html

aws --profile profile-name ......