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AWS_CLI_setup.md

Install AWS CLI in windows

  • Download windows installer(msi) from aws.amazon.com/cli/
  • Install CLI using msi
  • Check if installation is done properly: aws --version
  • Generate access key for AWS account: My Security Credentails> Access Keys> Get access key Id and secret access key
  • Configure CLI
    • aws configure
    • enter access key id, secret access key, region (like us-east-1) and output format(json)
    • This stores these credentials in credentials file in .aws folder in home directory and use them for CLI commands
  • Try command
    • aws ec2 describe-instances [Get No of EC2 instances]
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