AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a set of tools to manage your AWS infrastructure from the terminal or command prompt. It's written in Python and is available as a pip package, though some platforms provide their own installation packages.
pip package of the AWS CLI is officially maintained by AWS and is, therefore, the most up-to-date. The downside is that you need Python and pip installed, which not everyone might prefer.
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Steps to install AWS CLI tools using pip:
- Install pip for your system.
- Launch terminal or command prompt.
- Install awscli package using pip.
$ python3 -m pip install awscli Collecting awscli Downloading awscli-1.21.12-py3-none-any.whl (3.7 MB) |████████████████████████████████| 3.7 MB 4.3 MB/s Collecting rsa<4.8,>=3.1.2 Downloading rsa-4.7.2-py3-none-any.whl (34 kB) Collecting docutils<0.16,>=0.10 Downloading docutils-0.15.2-py3-none-any.whl (547 kB) |████████████████████████████████| 547 kB 856 kB/s Collecting colorama<0.4.4,>=0.2.5 Downloading colorama-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (15 kB) Collecting s3transfer<0.6.0,>=0.5.0 Downloading s3transfer-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl (79 kB) |████████████████████████████████| 79 kB 2.5 MB/s ##### snipped
- Configure AWS CLI to start using.
Related: How to configure AWS CLI tool
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Shakir Zakaria
Mohd Shakir Zakaria is an experienced cloud architect with a strong development and open-source advocacy background. He boasts multiple certifications in AWS, Red Hat, VMware, ITIL, and Linux, underscoring his expertise in cloud architecture and system administration.
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Mohd Shakir Zakaria is an experienced cloud architect with a strong development and open-source advocacy background. He boasts multiple certifications in AWS, Red Hat, VMware, ITIL, and Linux, underscoring his expertise in cloud architecture and system administration.
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