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AWS CLI Cheatsheet
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Setup
Overview
Virtualbox
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS VM, 64-bit http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso
create new machine, settings
System / Processor
Enable PAE/NX
System / Acceleration
Paravirtualization Interface: Default
Enable VT-x/AMD-V
Enable Nested Paging
Display / Screen
Video Memory: 128MB
Acceleration: Enable 3D Acceleration
boot
install
install Virtualbox Guest Additions, passwordless sudo
echo $USER
sudo echo "$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers
sudo su
apt-get update
apt-get install -y build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)
cd /media/aws-admin/
sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
shutdown now

install AWS CLI

sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip
sudo pip install awscli
aws --version
aws configure

install AWS CLIv2

sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip
sudo pip install awscli
aws --version
aws configure

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"

unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

Bash one-liners
cat <file> # output a file
tee # split output into a file
cut -f 2 # print the 2nd column, per line
sed -n '5{p;q}' # print the 5th line in a file
sed 1d # print all lines, except the first
tail -n +2 # print all lines, starting on the 2nd
head -n 5 # print the first 5 lines
tail -n 5 # print the last 5 lines

expand # convert tabs to 4 spaces

unexpand -a # convert 4 spaces to tabs
wc # word count
tr ' ' \\t # translate / convert characters to other characters

sort # sort data

uniq # show only unique entries
paste # combine rows of text, by line
join # combine rows of text, by initial column value

Cloudtrail - Logging and Auditing

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudtrail/ 5 Trails total, with support for resource level permissions
# list all trails
aws cloudtrail describe-trails

# list all S3 buckets

aws s3 ls

# create a new trail

aws cloudtrail create-subscription \
--name awslog \
--s3-new-bucket awslog2016

# list the names of all trails

aws cloudtrail describe-trails --output text | cut -f 8

# get the status of a trail

aws cloudtrail get-trail-status \
--name awslog

# delete a trail
aws cloudtrail delete-trail \
--name awslog

# delete the S3 bucket of a trail

aws s3 rb s3://awslog2016 --force

# add tags to a trail, up to 10 tags

aws cloudtrail add-tags \
--resource-id awslog \
--tags-list "Key=log-type,Value=all"

# list the tags of a trail

aws cloudtrail list-tags \
--resource-id-list

# remove a tag from a trail

aws cloudtrail remove-tags \
--resource-id awslog \
--tags-list "Key=log-type,Value=all"
IAM
Users
https://blogs.aws.amazon.com/security/post/Tx15CIT22V4J8RP/How-to-rotate-access-keys-for-IAM-users
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_iam-limits.html Limits = 5000 users, 100 group, 250 roles, 2 access keys
/ user
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/index.html
# list all user's info
aws iam list-users

# list all user's usernames

aws iam list-users --output text | cut -f 6

# list current user's info

aws iam get-user

# list current user's access keys

aws iam list-access-keys

# crate new user

aws iam create-user \
--user-name aws-admin2

# create multiple new users, from a file

allUsers=$(cat ./user-names.txt)
for userName in $allUsers; do
aws iam create-user \
--user-name $userName
done

# list all users

aws iam list-users --no-paginate

# get a specific user's info

aws iam get-user \
--user-name aws-admin2

# delete one user

aws iam delete-user \
--user-name aws-admin2

# delete all users

# allUsers=$(aws iam list-users --output text | cut -f 6);
allUsers=$(cat ./user-names.txt)
for userName in $allUsers; do
aws iam delete-user \
--user-name $userName
done

Password policy
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/
# list policy
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/get-account-password-policy.html
aws iam get-account-password-policy

# set policy
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/update-account-password-policy.html
aws iam update-account-password-policy \
--minimum-password-length 12 \
--require-symbols \
--require-numbers \
--require-uppercase-characters \
--require-lowercase-characters \
--allow-users-to-change-password
# delete policy
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/delete-account-password-policy.html
aws iam delete-account-password-policy

Access Keys
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/
# list all access keys
aws iam list-access-keys

# list access keys of a specific user

aws iam list-access-keys \
--user-name aws-admin2

# create a new access key

aws iam create-access-key \
--user-name aws-admin2 \
--output text | tee aws-admin2.txt

# list last access time of an access key

aws iam get-access-key-last-used \
--access-key-id AKIAINA6AJZY4EXAMPLE

# deactivate an acccss key

aws iam update-access-key \
--access-key-id AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE \
--status Inactive \
--user-name aws-admin2

# delete an access key

aws iam delete-access-key \
--access-key-id AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE \
--user-name aws-admin2

Groups, Policies, Managed Policies

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/
# list all groups
aws iam list-groups

# create a group
aws iam create-group --group-name FullAdmins

# delete a group
aws iam delete-group \
--group-name FullAdmins

# list all policies

aws iam list-policies

# get a specific policy

aws iam get-policy \
--policy-arn <value>

# list all users, groups, and roles, for a given policy

aws iam list-entities-for-policy \
--policy-arn <value>

# list policies, for a given group

aws iam list-attached-group-policies \
--group-name FullAdmins

# add a policy to a group

aws iam attach-group-policy \
--group-name FullAdmins \
--policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess
# add a user to a group
aws iam add-user-to-group \
--group-name FullAdmins \
--user-name aws-admin2

# list users, for a given group

aws iam get-group \
--group-name FullAdmins

# list groups, for a given user

aws iam list-groups-for-user \
--user-name aws-admin2

# remove a user from a group

aws iam remove-user-from-group \
--group-name FullAdmins \
--user-name aws-admin2

# remove a policy from a group

aws iam detach-group-policy \
--group-name FullAdmins \
--policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess

# delete a group
aws iam delete-group \
--group-name FullAdmins

S3
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3api/index.html#cli-aws-s3api
# list existing S3 buckets
aws s3 ls

# create a bucket name, using the current date timestamp

bucket_name=test_$(date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
echo $bucket_name

# create a public facing bucket

aws s3api create-bucket --acl "public-read-write" --bucket $bucket_name

# verify bucket was created

aws s3 ls | grep $bucket_name

# check for public facing s3 buckets (should show the bucket name you created)

aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[*].[Name]' --output text | xargs -I {} bash -c 'if [[ $(aws s3api get-bucket-a

# check for public facing s3 buckets, updated them to be private

aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[*].[Name]' --output text | xargs -I {} bash -c 'if [[ $(aws s3api get-bucket-a

# check for public facing s3 buckets (should be empty)

aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[*].[Name]' --output text | xargs -I {} bash -c 'if [[ $(aws s3api get-bucket-a

EC2
keypairs
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html
# list all keypairs
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-key-pairs.html
aws ec2 describe-key-pairs

# create a keypair
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/create-key-pair.html
aws ec2 create-key-pair \
--key-name <value> --output text

# create a new local private / public keypair, using RSA 4096-bit

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

# import an existing keypair

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/import-key-pair.html
aws ec2 import-key-pair \
--key-name keyname_test \
--public-key-material file:///home/apollo/id_rsa.pub

# delete a keypair
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-key-pair.html
aws ec2 delete-key-pair \
--key-name <value>

Security Groups
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/index.html
# list all security groups
aws ec2 describe-security-groups

# create a security group

aws ec2 create-security-group \
--vpc-id vpc-1a2b3c4d \
--group-name web-access \
--description "web access"

# list details about a securty group

aws ec2 describe-security-groups \
--group-id sg-0000000

# open port 80, for everyone

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
--group-id sg-0000000 \
--protocol tcp \
--port 80 \
--cidr 0.0.0.0/24

# get my public ip
my_ip=$(dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com);
echo $my_ip

# open port 22, just for my ip

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
--group-id sg-0000000 \
--protocol tcp \
--port 80 \
--cidr $my_ip/24

# remove a firewall rule from a group

aws ec2 revoke-security-group-ingress \
--group-id sg-0000000 \
--protocol tcp \
--port 80 \
--cidr 0.0.0.0/24

# delete a security group

aws ec2 delete-security-group \
--group-id sg-00000000

Images
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-images.html
# list all private AMI's, ImageId and Name tags
aws ec2 describe-images --filter "Name=is-public,Values=false" \
--query 'Images[].[ImageId, Name]' \
--output text | sort -k2

# delete an AMI, by ImageId

aws ec2 deregister-image --image-id ami-00000000

Instances
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/index.html
# list all instances (running, and not running)
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-instances.html
aws ec2 describe-instances

# list all instances running

aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running

# create a new instance

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/run-instances.html
aws ec2 run-instances \
--image-id ami-f0e7d19a \
--instance-type t2.micro \
--security-group-ids sg-00000000 \
--dry-run

# stop an instance
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/terminate-instances.html
aws ec2 terminate-instances \
--instance-ids <instance_id>

# list status of all instances

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-instance-status.html
aws ec2 describe-instance-status

# list status of a specific instance

aws ec2 describe-instance-status \
--instance-ids <instance_id>

# list all running instance, Name tag and Public IP Address

aws ec2 describe-instances \
--filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running \
--query 'Reservations[].Instances[].[PublicIpAddress, Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value | [0] ]' \
--output text | sort -k2

Tags
# list the tags of an instance
# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-tags.html
aws ec2 describe-tags

# add a tag to an instance

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/create-tags.html
aws ec2 create-tags \
--resources "ami-1a2b3c4d" \
--tags Key=name,Value=debian

# delete a tag on an instance

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-tags.html
aws ec2 delete-tags \
--resources "ami-1a2b3c4d" \
--tags Key=Name,Value=
Cloudwatch
Log Groups
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/WhatIsCloudWatchLogs.html
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/index.html#cli-aws-logs
create a group
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/create-log-group.html
aws logs create-log-group \
--log-group-name "DefaultGroup"

list all log groups

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/describe-log-groups.html
aws logs describe-log-groups

aws logs describe-log-groups \

--log-group-name-prefix "Default"

delete a group
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/delete-log-group.html
aws logs delete-log-group \
--log-group-name "DefaultGroup"

Log Streams
# Log group names can be between 1 and 512 characters long. Allowed
# characters include a-z, A-Z, 0-9, '_' (underscore), '-' (hyphen),
# '/' (forward slash), and '.' (period).

# create a log stream

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/create-log-stream.html
aws logs create-log-stream \
--log-group-name "DefaultGroup" \
--log-stream-name "syslog"

# list details on a log stream

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/describe-log-streams.html
aws logs describe-log-streams \
--log-group-name "syslog"

aws logs describe-log-streams \

--log-stream-name-prefix "syslog"

# delete a log stream

# http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/delete-log-stream.html
aws logs delete-log-stream \
--log-group-name "DefaultGroup" \
--log-stream-name "Default Stream"

Cloudwatch - Monitoring
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cloudwatch/index.html