aws-cli Getting started with aws-cli AWS CLI Cheat sheet - List of All CLI commands

Example

Setup

Install AWS CLI

AWS CLI is an common CLI tool for managing the AWS resources. With this single tool we can manage all the aws resources

sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip
sudo pip install awscli
aws --version
aws configure

Bash one-liners

cat <file> # output a file
tee # split output into a file
cut -f 2 # print the 2nd column, per line
sed -n '5{p;q}' # print the 5th line in a file
sed 1d # print all lines, except the first
tail -n +2 # print all lines, starting on the 2nd
head -n 5 # print the first 5 lines
tail -n 5 # print the last 5 lines

expand # convert tabs to 4 spaces
unexpand -a # convert 4 spaces to tabs
wc # word count
tr ' ' \\t # translate / convert characters to other characters

sort # sort data
uniq # show only unique entries
paste # combine rows of text, by line
join # combine rows of text, by initial column value

Cloudtrail - Logging and Auditing

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudtrail/ 5 Trails total, with support for resource level permissions

# list all trails
aws cloudtrail describe-trails

# list all S3 buckets
aws s3 ls

# create a new trail
aws cloudtrail create-subscription \
    --name awslog \
    --s3-new-bucket awslog2016

# list the names of all trails
aws cloudtrail describe-trails --output text | cut -f 8

# get the status of a trail
aws cloudtrail get-trail-status \
    --name awslog

# delete a trail
aws cloudtrail delete-trail \
    --name awslog

# delete the S3 bucket of a trail
aws s3 rb s3://awslog2016 --force

# add tags to a trail, up to 10 tags
aws cloudtrail add-tags \
    --resource-id awslog \
    --tags-list "Key=log-type,Value=all"

# list the tags of a trail
aws cloudtrail list-tags \
    --resource-id-list 

# remove a tag from a trail
aws cloudtrail remove-tags \
    --resource-id awslog \
    --tags-list "Key=log-type,Value=all"

IAM

Users

https://blogs.aws.amazon.com/security/post/Tx15CIT22V4J8RP/How-to-rotate-access-keys-for-IAM-users http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_iam-limits.html Limits = 5000 users, 100 group, 250 roles, 2 access keys / user

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/index.html

# list all user's info
aws iam list-users

# list all user's usernames
aws iam list-users --output text | cut -f 6

# list current user's info
aws iam get-user

# list current user's access keys
aws iam list-access-keys

# crate new user
aws iam create-user \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# create multiple new users, from a file
allUsers=$(cat ./user-names.txt)
for userName in $allUsers; do
    aws iam create-user \
        --user-name $userName
done

# list all users
aws iam list-users --no-paginate

# get a specific user's info
aws iam get-user \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# delete one user
aws iam delete-user \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# delete all users
# allUsers=$(aws iam list-users --output text | cut -f 6);
allUsers=$(cat ./user-names.txt)
for userName in $allUsers; do
    aws iam delete-user \
        --user-name $userName
done

Password policy

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/

# list policy
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/get-account-password-policy.html
aws iam get-account-password-policy

# set policy
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/update-account-password-policy.html
aws iam update-account-password-policy \
    --minimum-password-length 12 \
    --require-symbols \
    --require-numbers \
    --require-uppercase-characters \
    --require-lowercase-characters \
    --allow-users-to-change-password

# delete policy
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/delete-account-password-policy.html
aws iam delete-account-password-policy

Access Keys

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/

# list all access keys
aws iam list-access-keys

# list access keys of a specific user
aws iam list-access-keys \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# create a new access key
aws iam create-access-key \
    --user-name aws-admin2 \
    --output text | tee aws-admin2.txt

# list last access time of an access key
aws iam get-access-key-last-used \
    --access-key-id AKIAINA6AJZY4EXAMPLE

# deactivate an acccss key
aws iam update-access-key \
    --access-key-id AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE \
    --status Inactive \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# delete an access key
aws iam delete-access-key \
    --access-key-id AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE \
    --user-name aws-admin2

Groups, Policies, Managed Policies

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/

# list all groups
aws iam list-groups

# create a group
aws iam create-group --group-name FullAdmins

# delete a group
aws iam delete-group \
    --group-name FullAdmins

# list all policies
aws iam list-policies

# get a specific policy
aws iam get-policy \
    --policy-arn <value>

# list all users, groups, and roles, for a given policy
aws iam list-entities-for-policy \
    --policy-arn <value>

# list policies, for a given group
aws iam list-attached-group-policies \
    --group-name FullAdmins

# add a policy to a group
aws iam attach-group-policy \
    --group-name FullAdmins \
    --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess

# add a user to a group
aws iam add-user-to-group \
    --group-name FullAdmins \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# list users, for a given group
aws iam get-group \
    --group-name FullAdmins

# list groups, for a given user
aws iam list-groups-for-user \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# remove a user from a group
aws iam remove-user-from-group \
    --group-name FullAdmins \
    --user-name aws-admin2

# remove a policy from a group
aws iam detach-group-policy \
    --group-name FullAdmins \
    --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess

# delete a group
aws iam delete-group \
    --group-name FullAdmins

EC2

keypairs

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html

# list all keypairs
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-key-pairs.html
aws ec2 describe-key-pairs

# create a keypair
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/create-key-pair.html
aws ec2 create-key-pair \
    --key-name <value>

# create a new private / public keypair, using RSA 2048-bit
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048

# import an existing keypair
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/import-key-pair.html
aws ec2 import-key-pair \
    --key-name keyname_test \
    --public-key-material file:///home/apollo/id_rsa.pub

# delete a keypair
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-key-pair.html
aws ec2 delete-key-pair \
    --key-name <value>

Security Groups

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/index.html

# list all security groups
aws ec2 describe-security-groups

# create a security group
aws ec2 create-security-group \
    --vpc-id vpc-1a2b3c4d \
    --group-name web-access \
    --description "web access"

# list details about a securty group
aws ec2 describe-security-groups \
    --group-id sg-0000000

# open port 80, for everyone
aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
    --group-id sg-0000000 \
    --protocol tcp \
    --port 80 \
    --cidr 0.0.0.0/24

# get my public ip
my_ip=$(dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com);
echo $my_ip

# open port 22, just for my ip
aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
    --group-id sg-0000000 \
    --protocol tcp \
    --port 80 \
    --cidr $my_ip/24

# remove a firewall rule from a group
aws ec2 revoke-security-group-ingress \
    --group-id sg-0000000 \
    --protocol tcp \
    --port 80 \
    --cidr 0.0.0.0/24

# delete a security group
aws ec2 delete-security-group \
    --group-id sg-00000000

Instances

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/index.html

# list all instances (running, and not running)
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-instances.html
aws ec2 describe-instances

# create a new instance
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/run-instances.html
aws ec2 run-instances \
    --image-id ami-f0e7d19a \    
    --instance-type t2.micro \
    --security-group-ids sg-00000000 \
    --dry-run

# stop an instance
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/terminate-instances.html
aws ec2 terminate-instances \
    --instance-ids <instance_id>

# list status of all instances
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-instance-status.html
aws ec2 describe-instance-status

# list status of a specific instance
aws ec2 describe-instance-status \
    --instance-ids <instance_id>

Tags

# list the tags of an instance
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-tags.html
aws ec2 describe-tags

# add a tag to an instance
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/create-tags.html
aws ec2 create-tags \
    --resources "ami-1a2b3c4d" \
    --tags Key=name,Value=debian

# delete a tag on an instance
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-tags.html
aws ec2 delete-tags \
    --resources "ami-1a2b3c4d" \
    --tags Key=Name,Value=

Cloudwatch

Log Groups

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/WhatIsCloudWatchLogs.html http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/index.html#cli-aws-logs

create a group

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/create-log-group.html

aws logs create-log-group \
    --log-group-name "DefaultGroup"

list all log groups

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/describe-log-groups.html

aws logs describe-log-groups

aws logs describe-log-groups \
    --log-group-name-prefix "Default"

delete a group

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/delete-log-group.html

aws logs delete-log-group \
    --log-group-name "DefaultGroup"

Log Streams

# Log group names can be between 1 and 512 characters long. Allowed
# characters include a-z, A-Z, 0-9, '_' (underscore), '-' (hyphen),
# '/' (forward slash), and '.' (period).

# create a log stream
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/create-log-stream.html
aws logs create-log-stream \
    --log-group-name "DefaultGroup" \
    --log-stream-name "syslog"

# list details on a log stream
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/describe-log-streams.html
aws logs describe-log-streams \
    --log-group-name "syslog"

aws logs describe-log-streams \
    --log-stream-name-prefix "syslog"

# delete a log stream
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/delete-log-stream.html
aws logs delete-log-stream \
    --log-group-name "DefaultGroup" \
    --log-stream-name "Default Stream"