Installing and setting up AWS CLI on macOS

Introduction

The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is a uniform platform for managing your AWS resources. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control and automate various AWS services from the command line using scripts.

Prerequisite

• AWS account

• IAM user with programmatic access

Installing AWS CLI

Run this command to install AWS CLI on your local machine.

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg”

sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /

Verification

To verify that the shell can find and run the AWS command in your $PATH, use the following commands.

which aws

You will get the output: /usr/local/bin/aws

Setup locally

Run this command to quickly set and view your credentials, Region, and output format. The following example shows sample values.

aws configure

Note: Make sure to download your account credentials and input them after running this command.

This output will look like this if you successfully configure the CLI.

AWS Access Key ID [None]: ***AIO***DN**7EX****

AWS Secret Access Key [None]: w***rXU***MI/****G/**MP***Y

Default region name [None]: us-****-2

Default output format [None]: json