AWS CLI Basics: A Beginner’s Tutorial

Install AWS CLI Download and Install it from the official AWS CLI installation guide . Run aws configure $ aws configure aws configure --profile myprofile AWS Access Key ID [ None]: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID AWS Secret Access Key [ None]: YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY Default region name [ None]: us-west-2 Default output format [ None]: json Verify Configuration aws configure list Configuration Files AWS configure command stores your credentials & configuration settings in two files located in the ~/.aws directory: ~/.aws/credentials: Stores your AWS access key ID and secret access. key.~/.aws/config: Stores your default region and output format. Remove Credentials from Configuration File Manually remove the credentials from the configuration file Open the ~/.aws/credentials file (on Unix-based systems) or C:\Users\ USERNAME.aws \credentials (on Windows). Delete the [default] section or any other named profile section that contains your credentials. Unset Environment Variables If you have set your A