AWS CLI Cheat Sheet

The AWS CLI allows you to manage AWS services from the command line.

Configuration

aws configure

You will be prompted for: * AWS Access Key ID * AWS Secret Access Key * Default region name (e.g., us-east-1) * Default output format (json)

Common Commands

S3 (Simple Storage Service)

# List buckets
aws s3 ls

# Copy file to bucket
aws s3 cp myfile.txt s3://my-bucket/

# Sync directory
aws s3 sync ./local-folder s3://my-bucket/

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

# List instances
aws ec2 describe-instances

# Start an instance
aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0

# Stop an instance
aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0