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aws configure — Manage configuration for the AWS CLI. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/refe

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Problem

How to use the aws configure command: Manage configuration for the AWS CLI. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/configure/>.

Solution

aws configure — Manage configuration for the AWS CLI. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/configure/>.

Configure AWS CLI interactively (creates a new configuration or updates the default):

aws configure

Configure a named profile for AWS CLI interactively (creates a new profile or updates an existing one):

aws configure --profile {{profile_name}}

Display the value from a specific configuration variable:

aws configure get {{name}}

Display the value for a configuration variable in a specific profile:

aws configure get {{name}} --profile {{profile_name}}

Set the value of a specific configuration variable:

aws configure set {{name}} {{value}}

Set the value of a configuration variable in a specific profile:

aws configure set {{name}} {{value}} --profile {{profile_name}}

List the configuration entries:

aws configure list

List the configuration entries for a specific profile:

aws configure list --profile {{profile_name}}

Code Snippets

Configure AWS CLI interactively (creates a new configuration or updates the default)

aws configure

Configure a named profile for AWS CLI interactively (creates a new profile or updates an existing one)

aws configure --profile {{profile_name}}

Display the value from a specific configuration variable

aws configure get {{name}}

Display the value for a configuration variable in a specific profile

aws configure get {{name}} --profile {{profile_name}}

Set the value of a specific configuration variable

aws configure set {{name}} {{value}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/aws configure

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