AWS Command Line Interface Installation

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Create an Access Key

1. Create an IAM User
2. Navigate to https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/
3. In the navigation pane, choose Users.
4. Select the name of the user you would like to generate an access key for
5. Select the Security credentials tab.
6. Select Create access key from the Access keys section.

Install AWS CLI

Windows Operating System

• Execute the command below from an administrative PowerShell.
  • choco install awscli

Verify Installation

• Execute the command below to ensure that the AWS CLI has been installed
  • aws --version
• Execute the command below to ensure that the .aws directory has been created
  • cd ~/.aws

Configure AWS CLI

• Upon executing aws configure the AWS CLI prompts you for:
  • Access key ID
  • Secret access key
  • AWS Region
  • Output format
• Sample output

AWS Access Key ID [None]: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
Default region name [None]: us-west-2
Default output format [None]: json

Validate AWS CLI Configuration

• Execute the command below to verify that the ~/.aws/credentials file has been modified respectively
  • cat ~/.aws/credentials

Verify AWS CLI Configuration

• Execute the command below to verify that you are able to connect.
  • aws iam list-users
• Ensure the command output is not the text below
  • An error occurred (InvalidClientTokenId) when calling the ListUsers operation: The security token included in the request is invalid.

Fetch ECR Password

• Execute the command below to fetch the ecr login password
  • aws ecr get-login-password
• Execute the command below to log in
  • aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin AMAZON_USER_ID.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com