What is AWS CLI?

AWS CLI stands for Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface. It is a command-line tool provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to interact with various AWS services from their local computer or a terminal.

How to Install the AWS CLI?

• Visit this Website to download the AWS CLI. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html#cliv2-linux-install.

• From here you can download the AWS CLI on your local machine.

  

• To check whether the AWS CLI is installed or not you can run the command (aws).

  

How to Connect AWS CLI with AWS Account?

• Use the command (aws configure) to connect with the user account.

• To connect to the user account you will need the private key credentials.

• So firstly, create a new IAM user in the AWS IAM service.

• To know how to create a Iam user you can check out this blog https://hashnode.com/post/cliebjumi000909lfhasd6c24

• Now go into the user and click on security credentials.

  

• Click on the Create key.

  

• Select the command line interface option and tick the checkbox.

  

• Give a name to your key.

  

• Create the key.

• You will get the Access key and Secret access key.

• Download the key.

Connecting to AWS CLI

• Use the command aws configure.

• Put the details whatever it asks.

• Copy the Access key id and Secrect access key from the file which you have downloaded from the above process.

• Set the region of your AWS Account by checking it in your AWS Console.

• Use the JSON format for the output.