Install awscli in an isolated environment on Ubuntu

howto_install_awscli

apt-get update
apt-get install python3-pip
apt-get install python3-venv

# Upgrade pip to latest version
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip 

# Manually check upgrade worked
pip --version

# Prepare AWS CLI
mkdir /opt/awscli
cd /opt/awscli

# Create and activate venv
python3 -m venv venv_dir
source /opt/awscli/venv_dir/bin/activate

# Upgrade pip used in the venv enviroment
pip install --upgrade pip

# Install awscli
pip install awscli --upgrade