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Problem

How to use the aws command: The official CLI tool for Amazon Web Services. Some subcommands such as s3 have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/>.

Solution

aws — The official CLI tool for Amazon Web Services. Some subcommands such as s3 have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/>.

Configure the AWS Command-line:

aws configure wizard

Configure the AWS Command-line using SSO:

aws configure sso

Get the caller identity (used to troubleshoot permissions):

aws sts get-caller-identity

List AWS resources in a region and output in YAML:

aws dynamodb list-tables --region {{us-east-1}} --output yaml

Use auto prompt to help with a command:

aws iam create-user --cli-auto-prompt

Get an interactive wizard for an AWS resource:

aws dynamodb wizard {{new_table}}

Generate a JSON CLI Skeleton (useful for infrastructure as code):

aws dynamodb update-table --generate-cli-skeleton

Display help for a specific command:

aws {{command}} help

Code Snippets

Configure the AWS Command-line

aws configure wizard

Configure the AWS Command-line using SSO

aws configure sso

Get the caller identity (used to troubleshoot permissions)

aws sts get-caller-identity

List AWS resources in a region and output in YAML

aws dynamodb list-tables --region {{us-east-1}} --output yaml

Use auto prompt to help with a command

aws iam create-user --cli-auto-prompt

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tldr-pages: common/aws

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