Some useful AWS CLI commands

aws_cli_cheatsheet.md

JSON == So much scrolling!

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-output.html

export AWS_DEFAULT_OUTPUT="table"

or use aws configure and inform tableas the default output (this will be saved in ˜/.aws/config)

Who am I?

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/sts/get-caller-identity.html

aws sts get-caller-identity

What are my Availability Zones "true names"?

aws ec2 describe-availability-zones

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ram/latest/userguide/working-with-az-ids.html
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-availability-zones.html

Which AMI ID to use?

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/query-for-the-latest-amazon-linux-ami-ids-using-aws-systems-manager-parameter-store

aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp\
  --region us-east-2