Using profiles for multiple accounts in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to list S3 buckets using a specific AWS profile.

AWS

aws s3 ls --profile [1]

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Adefault

Bprod-account

Cdev-account

Dtest-account

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Common Mistakes

Using 'default' when you want a specific account

Omitting the --profile option

Using a profile name that does not exist

The --profile option specifies which AWS profile to use for the command. Here, dev-account is the profile name.

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medium

Complete the AWS CLI command to configure a new profile named 'prod-account'.

AWS

aws configure --profile [1]

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Adev-account

Bprod-account

Cdefault

Dtest-account

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'default' instead of the intended profile name

Misspelling the profile name

Omitting the --profile option

The --profile option followed by prod-account creates or updates that profile's configuration.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to assume a role using a profile.

AWS

aws sts assume-role --role-arn [1] --role-session-name MySession --profile dev-account

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Aarn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/DevRole

Barn:aws:s3:::mybucket

Carn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/DevUser

Darn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:123456789012:instance/i-1234567890abcdef0

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using a user ARN instead of a role ARN

Using a resource ARN like S3 bucket or EC2 instance

Misspelling the ARN

The --role-arn must specify an IAM role ARN, not a bucket, user, or EC2 instance ARN.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set environment variables for AWS CLI to use the 'test-account' profile.

AWS

export AWS_PROFILE=[1]
aws s3 ls --profile [2]

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Atest-account

Bprod-account

Cdev-account

Ddefault

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using different profiles in environment variable and command

Using 'default' instead of the intended profile

Omitting the export command

Setting AWS_PROFILE environment variable and using the same profile in the command ensures consistent profile usage.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a named profile with access key and region.

AWS

[[1]]
aws_access_key_id=[2]
region=[3]

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Aprod-account

BAKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE

Cus-west-2

Ddev-account

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using profile name without brackets

Swapping access key and region values

Using incorrect region format

The profile name goes in brackets, followed by the access key and region settings.