How To Install and Configure AWS CLI for Windows

Overview

This guide will help in installing and configuring Amazon AWS CLI for Windows.

Applies To

·        Amazon AWS, Tested on Windows 10

Pre-Requisites

·        None

AWS CLI

Installation comprises of two-step process, downloading and installing AWS CLI MSI installer.

Download AWS CLI

In order to Install the AWS CLI on Windows, first we have to download the appropriate MSI installer. Click on the below link to download, according to the Windows architecture (32 or 64 Bit) that you intend to install.

AWS CLI MSI – Arch	Download URL
Windows (64-bit)	https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/AWSCLI64.msi
Windows (32-bit)	https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/AWSCLI32.msi

Note: 64-bit version of the AWS CLI does not currently work with Windows Server 2008 (version 6.0.6002).  Please install 32-bit version of Windows.

Install AWS CLI

Run the downloaded MSI installer. And follow the instructions and confirm the installation.

Installation Status

To confirm the installation status, start the command prompt and run “aws --version”. Running the command will display the AWS CLI version installed on the system.

Installation Path

After installation, depending on the OS architecture, installation path will be as per the below table;

OS Architecture	Installation Path
64 Bit	C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLI
32 Bit	C:\Program Files (x86)\Amazon\AWSCLI

Configure AWS CLI

Before you initiating the AWS CLI configuration, we collate four information (parameters) listed below; To access the AWS Management console successfully.

Parameters	Information Required	Comments
One	Access Key ID	Is the access key generated in AWS IAM management console
Two	Secret Access Key	Access key (password to login into AWS account)
Three	Default Region Name	Optional; default region is “None”, It’s region where the CLI has to query
Four	Default Output Format	Optional; default output is “None”, It’s output format each query executed

Create Access Key ID

To create the Access key, from the IAM dashboard, click on “Manage Security Credentials”; and choose the option “Access Keys (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key)” and click on “Create New Access Key” button.

Note: Its recommended you regenerate the key every 90 days.

Download Access Key ID

Once a new “Access Key ID” is generated, click on “Download Key File”. You have to download the file before closing it, else you will not be able to download or retrieve it again.

Configure Access Key

To configure the access key, launch command prompt and run the command;

List AWS Configure List

To list CLI configured list, run the command;

aws configure list

List IAM Access Key Info

To list of access key’s configured for the account, run the command;

aws iam list-access-keys

List IAM UserNames only

List all users created in IAM, run the command;

aws iam list-users --query "Users[].[UserName]" or

aws iam list-users --query "Users[].UserName"

List Specific User Info

To verify if specific user exists to retrieve from IAM users, run the command;

aws iam get-user --user-name vcp.muthukrishna@eone.com –output=json | find /I "UserName"

List All IAM Users

List all the users created in IAM, run the command;

aws iam list-users

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How To Install and Configure AWS CLI for Windows from VCP Muthukrishna