Category: AWS

AWS Amazon Web Services Blog Archives, by Peter Whyte (Database Administrator). Includes IAM, Redshift, RDS, EC2, Cloudformation & more.

  • How to Set Environment Variables in PowerShell

    Environment variables store key information on your system that programs can use to influence their behavior. For example, the AWS CLI uses the AWS_REGION variable to determine the region for API requests. This guide will cover:– Listing all environment variables– Retrieving the value of a specific environment variable–…

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  • How to Manage S3 Buckets with AWS CLI

    This is a post on how to help manage S3 Buckets with AWS CLI, and to help explain some local Operating System (OS) considerations when running such commands. First of all, you will need to be authenticated to your AWS Account and have AWS CLI installed. I cover…

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  • How to Install & Configure AWS CLI on Ubuntu

    This guide will walk you through the steps to install and configure AWS CLI version 1 on Ubuntu (20.04). Topics Covered: 1. Updating Local Packages2. Installing AWS CLI on Ubuntu3. Checking Installed AWS CLI Version4. Configuring AWS Profile5. Running AWS CLI Commands 1. Updating Local Packages To start,…

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  • How to Install and Configure AWS CLI on Windows

    This post is a how-to for installing & configuring AWS CLI (Version 2) on Windows. In this guide, we’re going to download the AWS Command Line Interface installation media and run through the simple installation. Once done we’ll configure AWS CLI, which you’ll need an AWS Account to…

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  • AWS CLI: List IAM Users

    Managing AWS IAM users is essential for maintaining control and security in your cloud environment. The AWS CLI provides a simple command to list all users in your AWS account. Basic Command The aws iam list-users command returns details about all IAM users, such as user names, ARNs,…

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