Command-line interface for Amazon Web Services
What is this?
The AWS CLI lets you manage Amazon cloud services (servers, storage, databases) from your terminal.
Where to create or edit the main configuration — paths below match the setup steps.
~/.aws/credentialsLocation: User home
Access key and secret for AWS API
~/.aws/configLocation: User home
Default region and output format
Step 01
1# Linux x86_642curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"3unzip awscliv2.zip4sudo ./aws/install5rm -rf aws awscliv2.zip6 7# Or via package manager (Ubuntu)8sudo snap install aws-cli --classic1aws configure2# AWS Access Key ID: YOUR_KEY3# AWS Secret Access Key: YOUR_SECRET4# Default region: us-east-15# Default output format: jsonStep 02
1aws --version2aws sts get-caller-identityStep 03
1aws ec2 describe-instances2aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef03aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef01aws s3 ls2aws s3 mb s3://my-bucket-name3aws s3 cp file.txt s3://my-bucket-name/4aws s3 sync ./local-dir s3://my-bucket-name/1aws configure --profile production2aws s3 ls --profile production3export AWS_PROFILE=productionStep 04
1# Configure credentials:2aws configure3# Or use env vars:4export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=...5export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...6export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-17aws sts get-caller-identity1# Verify identity and IAM policy:2aws sts get-caller-identity3# Check user/role has required permissions for the service4 YAML templates for AWS CLI. Copy and deploy after setup.
4 ready-to-copy templates. Expand one, copy the YAML, then run the deploy commands.
Jenkinsfile
Deploy Python survey app to EKS — update kubeconfig, kubectl apply, reveal ELB URL
1pipeline {2 agent any3 4 parameters {5 string(name: 'DEPLOYMENT', defaultValue: 'production')6 }7 8 stages {9 stage('Update Kubeconfig') {10 steps {11 withCredentials([[12 $class: 'AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding',13 credentialsId: "aws-credentials",14 accessKeyVariable: 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID',15 secretKeyVariable: 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'16 ]]) {17 sh """18 aws eks update-kubeconfig --name python-cluster --region us-east-119 kubectl get nodes20 """21 }22 }23 }24 25 stage('Deploy App') {26 steps {27 withCredentials([[28 $class: 'AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding',29 credentialsId: "aws-credentials",30 accessKeyVariable: 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID',31 secretKeyVariable: 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'32 ]]) {33 sh """34 kubectl create namespace python-app --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -35 kubectl -n python-app apply -f k8s/deployment.yaml36 kubectl -n python-app apply -f k8s/services.yaml37 kubectl -n python-app rollout status deployment/survey-app-deploy38 """39 }40 }41 }42 43 stage('Reveal APP URL') {44 steps {45 withCredentials([[46 $class: 'AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding',47 credentialsId: "aws-credentials",48 accessKeyVariable: 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID',49 secretKeyVariable: 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'50 ]]) {51 sh "kubectl -n python-app get svc"52 }53 }54 }55 }56}k8s/deployment.yaml
1apiVersion: apps/v12kind: Deployment3metadata:4 name: survey-app-deploy5 namespace: python-app6 labels:7 app: survey-app8spec:9 selector:10 matchLabels:11 app: survey-app12 replicas: 213 template:14 metadata:15 labels:16 app: survey-app17 spec:18 containers:19 - name: survey-app20 image: your-registry/survey-app:latest21 ports:22 - containerPort: 800023 resources:24 requests:25 memory: "128Mi"26 cpu: "100m"27 limits:28 memory: "256Mi"29 cpu: "250m"k8s/services.yaml
1apiVersion: v12kind: Service3metadata:4 name: survey-app-service5 namespace: python-app6spec:7 type: LoadBalancer8 selector:9 app: survey-app10 ports:11 - port: 8012 targetPort: 800013 protocol: TCPStep 01
1# Jenkins → Manage Credentials → AWS credentials (ID: aws-credentials)2# Create EKS cluster named python-cluster3# Add Jenkinsfile to repo; create Pipeline job4# Push image to ECR/Docker Hub, update deployment.yaml image