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AWS CLI

$Configuration

aws configure

Configure AWS credentials and default region

aws sts get-caller-identity

Verify current IAM user/role

$S3 (Simple Storage Service)

aws s3 ls

List all S3 buckets

aws s3 mb s3://my-unique-bucket-name

Create an S3 bucket

aws s3 cp local.txt s3://my-bucket/

Upload a file to S3

aws s3 sync local_dir s3://my-bucket/remote_dir

Sync local directory with S3 bucket

aws s3 ls s3://my-bucket/

List objects in an S3 bucket

aws s3 rm s3://my-bucket/file.txt

Delete an object from S3

aws s3 rb s3://my-empty-bucket-name

Remove an empty S3 bucket

$EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

aws ec2 describe-instances

Describe all EC2 instances

aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-xxxx --instance-type t2.micro --count 1

Launch a new EC2 instance

aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-xxxx

Stop an EC2 instance

aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-xxxx

Start an EC2 instance

aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids i-xxxx

Terminate an EC2 instance

$IAM (Identity and Access Management)

aws iam list-users

List all IAM users

aws iam create-user --user-name myuser

Create a new IAM user

aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name myuser --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess

Attach a managed policy to a user

$CloudWatch Logs

aws logs describe-log-groups

List all CloudWatch log groups

aws logs get-log-events --log-group-name my-log-group --log-stream-name my-log-stream

Retrieve log events from a log stream

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