<p>The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts. - AWS</p>
<h3 id="heading-prerequisite">Prerequisite</h3>
<ul>
<li><p>AWS account</p>
</li>
<li><p>IAM user with programmatic access</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="heading-installing-aws-cli">Installing AWS CLI</h3>
<p>Run this command to install AWS CLI on your local machine.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg”
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /
</code></pre>
<h3 id="heading-verification">Verification</h3>
<p>To verify that the shell can find and run the AWS command in your $PATH, use the following commands.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">which aws
</code></pre>
<blockquote>
<p>/usr/local/bin/aws (output)</p>
</blockquote>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">aws --version
</code></pre>
<h3 id="heading-setup-locally">Setup locally</h3>
<p>Run this command to quickly set and view your credentials, Region, and output format. The following example shows sample values.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">aws configure
</code></pre>
<p><code>AWS Access Key ID [None]: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE</code></p>
<p><code>AWS Secret Access Key [None]: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY</code></p>
<p><code>Default region name [None]: us-east-1</code></p>
<p><code>Default output format [None]: json</code></p>
<p>Thanks for your time.</p>


The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts. - AWS

### Prerequisite 

* AWS account
    
* IAM user with programmatic access
    

### Installing AWS CLI

Run this command to install AWS CLI on your local machine.

```plaintext
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg”
```

```plaintext
sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /
```

### Verification

To verify that the shell can find and run the AWS command in your $PATH, use the following commands.

```plaintext
which aws
```

> /usr/local/bin/aws (output)

```plaintext
aws --version
```

### Setup locally

Run this command to quickly set and view your credentials, Region, and output format. The following example shows sample values.

```plaintext
aws configure
```

`AWS Access Key ID [None]: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE`

`AWS Secret Access Key [None]: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY`

`Default region name [None]: us-east-1`

`Default output format [None]: json`

Thanks for your time.

Installing and setting up AWS CLI on macOS

Installing and setting up AWS CLI on macOS

Table of contents

Prerequisite

Installing AWS CLI

Verification

Setup locally