The AWS CLI is a handy and extremely powerful tool for managing resources on AWS from a local shell. In this post we will walk through the process of setting up the AWS CLI on a Linux Machine ( I use the Linux Subsystem on Windows which gives me an Ubuntu bash). Then we begin using the AWS CLI to perform administrative tasks on the environment.
What you need
- AWS Account
- AWS IAM User with the correct permissions to administer EC2
- The Access keys of said AWS IAM User with the correct permissions
- Linux
- AWS CLI
Lets get started…