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AWS CLI33 commands

AWS CLI Cheat Sheet

Essential AWS CLI commands for EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, ECS, CloudFormation, and account management.

Configuration

Command	Description
`aws configure`	Set up access key, secret, and region
`aws configure list`	Show current config
`aws sts get-caller-identity`	Show current IAM identity
`aws configure --profile staging`	Configure named profile
`export AWS_PROFILE=staging`	Switch active profile

S3

Command	Description
`aws s3 ls`	List buckets
`aws s3 ls s3://<bucket>/`	List objects in bucket
`aws s3 cp file.txt s3://<bucket>/`	Upload file
`aws s3 cp s3://<bucket>/file.txt .`	Download file
`aws s3 sync ./dir s3://<bucket>/dir`	Sync local dir to S3
`aws s3 rm s3://<bucket>/file.txt`	Delete object
`aws s3 mb s3://<bucket>`	Create bucket
`aws s3 presign s3://<bucket>/file.txt --expires-in 3600`	Generate pre-signed URL

EC2

Command	Description
`aws ec2 describe-instances`	List all instances
`aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids <id>`	Start instance
`aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids <id>`	Stop instance
`aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids <id>`	Terminate instance
`aws ec2 describe-security-groups`	List security groups
`aws ec2 describe-vpcs`	List VPCs

IAM

Command	Description
`aws iam list-users`	List IAM users
`aws iam list-roles`	List IAM roles
`aws iam get-user`	Get current user details
`aws iam list-attached-user-policies --user-name <name>`	List user policies
`aws iam create-access-key --user-name <name>`	Create access key

Lambda & ECS

Command	Description
`aws lambda list-functions`	List Lambda functions
`aws lambda invoke --function-name <name> out.json`	Invoke function
`aws ecs list-clusters`	List ECS clusters
`aws ecs list-services --cluster <name>`	List services in cluster
`aws ecs describe-tasks --cluster <c> --tasks <arn>`	Describe ECS task

CloudFormation

Command	Description
`aws cloudformation deploy --template-file t.yml --stack-name <s>`	Deploy stack
`aws cloudformation describe-stacks`	List stacks
`aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name <s>`	Delete stack
`aws cloudformation describe-stack-events --stack-name <s>`	View stack events