Installing AWS CLI - Try It Yourself

Installing AWS CLI

📖 Scenario: You want to manage your cloud resources on AWS using your computer's command line. To do this, you need to install the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), which lets you talk to AWS services easily.

🎯 Goal: Install the AWS CLI on your computer step-by-step so you can start managing AWS services from your terminal.

📋 What You'll Learn

Download the AWS CLI installer

Run the installer to install AWS CLI

Verify the AWS CLI installation

Configure AWS CLI with your credentials

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Installing AWS CLI is the first step to managing AWS cloud resources from your computer's command line, making cloud management faster and scriptable.

💼 Career

Many cloud and DevOps jobs require using AWS CLI to automate cloud tasks, deploy applications, and manage infrastructure efficiently.

1

Download the AWS CLI installer

Create a variable called download_command and set it to the exact command string to download the AWS CLI installer for Linux using curl from https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip.

AWS

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curl with -o to save the file as awscliv2.zip.

2

Unzip the AWS CLI installer

Create a variable called unzip_command and set it to the exact command string to unzip the file awscliv2.zip using the unzip command.

AWS

download_command = "curl \"https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip\" -o awscliv2.zip"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the unzip command followed by the zip file name.

3

Run the AWS CLI installer

Create a variable called install_command and set it to the exact command string to run the AWS CLI installer script located at ./aws/install with sudo.

AWS

download_command = "curl \"https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip\" -o awscliv2.zip"
unzip_command = "unzip awscliv2.zip"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use sudo to run the install script with admin rights.

4

Verify AWS CLI installation

Create a variable called verify_command and set it to the exact command string to check the AWS CLI version using aws --version.

AWS

download_command = "curl \"https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip\" -o awscliv2.zip"
unzip_command = "unzip awscliv2.zip"
install_command = "sudo ./aws/install"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use aws --version to confirm the AWS CLI is installed.