Basis

Command Structure

aws serviceName commands
General structure of a command.

--region us-east-1
Set the region for this command (change from default).

--no-sign-request
Access to public objects (no signing in).

--profile myProfile
Set profile ot use for this command (change from default).

Profile Configuration

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html

Profile configuration are stored in two files:

  • ~/.aws/config
[default]
region=eu-west-1
output=json
  • ~/.aws/credentials
[default]
aws_access_key_id=[ACCESS_KEY_ID]
aws_secret_access_key=[SECRET_ACCESS_KEY]

aws configure list-profiles
List created profiles.

aws configure list --profile myProfileName
Show details for the specified profile.

aws configure --profile myProfileName
Create or modify a profile.

aws configure set aws_session_token MY_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN --profile myProfileName
Set a AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (after aws configure).

aws configure sso --profile myProfileName
Create or modify an SSO profile.

Query

--query 'Jobs[? WorkerType==`Standard`]'
Filter results based on a condition.

--query 'Jobs[].[Name,WorkerType]'
Only returning selected properties.

--query 'Jobs[].{JobName:Name,WorkerType:WorkerType}' --out table
Only return selected properties as a table and with custom names for columns.

IAM

Basis

aws sts get-access-key-info --access-key-id [MY_ACCESS_KEY_ID]
Return Account ID of the access key.

aws sts get-caller-identity
Return User ID, Account ID, and ARN of the selected profile.

{
   "UserId": "AIDATAAH6Q3WAYKDXJV5B",
   "Account": "206175110892",
   "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::206175110892:user/myUserName"
}

Roles

aws sts assume-role --role-arn [MY_ROLE_ARN] --role-session-name mySessionName
Return temporary credentials for the role.

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="[OUTPUT_FROM_ASSUME_ROLE_COMMAND]" export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="[OUTPUT_FROM_ASSUME_ROLE_COMMAND]" export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN="[OUTPUT_FROM_ASSUME_ROLE_COMMAND]"
Use credentials of the assumed role.

Cognito

Basis

aws cognito-identity get-id --identity-pool-id [MY_IDENTOTY_POOL_ID]
Return the Cognito ID for the specified identity pool ID.

{
   "IdentityId": "us-east-1:1b0bcc16-b32f-44c1-8f1e-14e8d4c5f7af"
}

Secret Manager

List

aws secretsmanager list-secrets --query "SecretList[].{Name:Name}" --out table
List Secrets Names

Get

aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "myNewValue"
Get a secret value (--secret-id can be the secret name or the arn).

Update

aws secretsmanager update-secret --secret-id "my/secret/name" --secret-string "myNewValue"
Update secret value.

aws secretsmanager update-secret --secret-id "my/secret/name" --secret-string file://myFile
Update a secret value using a file.

EC2

Basis

aws ec2 describe-instances --output text --profile myProfileName
Listing all EC2 instances running within a profile.

EKS

Kubeconfig

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name my-cluster
Update ~/.kube/config file to be able to connect to the cluster.

Addons

aws eks describe-addon-versions --addon-name aws-ebs-csi-driver --region myRegion
Show latest version of the addon (region is mandatory).

Lambda

Basis

aws lambda invoke --function-name my-lambda
Execute a Lambda.

S3

Create Bucket

aws s3 mb s3://myBucketURL
Create a bucket (mb = make bucket).

Copy

aws s3 cp s3://myBucketURL/myFile ./
Copies a bucket file to my current local directory.

aws s3 sync myFile s3://myBucketURL
Synchronize a local file or directory to the buckets.

aws s3 sync s3://myBucketURL/myFolder /myLocalFolder
Synchronize bucket folder to local directory.

Delete

aws s3 rm s3://myBucketURL/myPrefix/myFile
Remove a file.

aws s3 rm --recursive s3://myBucketURL/myPrefix/
Remove all file from the given profile.

S3API

aws s3api put-bucket-policy s3://myBucketURL myPolicyFile
Add policy config file to the bucket.

aws s3api put-bucket-website s3://myBucketURL myIndexFile
Sets the default file to be served when using the bucket as a static web server.

DynamoDB

Basis

aws dynamodb list-tables
List tables.

aws dynamodb describe-table --table-name my-table
Return information about selected table.

aws dynamodb scan --table-name my-table
Return items (and their attributes) stored in the selected table.

CloudWatch

Basis

aws logs describe-log-streams --log-group-name my-log-group
Retrieve information about log streams in a specific log group.

aws logs get-log-events --log-group-name my-log-group --log-stream-name some-log-stream
Retrieve log events from a log stream in a specific log group.

Security Hub

Basis

aws securityhub enable-security-hub --no-enable-default-standards --control-finding-generator SECURITY_CONTROL
Enable Security Hub with no Standards enabled by default, and findings are generated based on Controls (only one finding if the controls exist in multiple Standards).

Standards

aws securityhub describe-standards
List available Standards (packs of controls like CIS or NSIT) and whether they're enabled or not.

aws securityhub get-enabled-standards
List enabled Standards.

aws securityhub batch-enable-standards --standards-subscription-requests '{"arn:aws:securityhub:::ruleset/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.2.0"}'
Enable a Standard using it's ARN.

aws securityhub describe-standards-controls --standards-subscription-arn arn:aws:securityhub:eu-west-1:123456789123:subscription/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.2.0
List control in a standard, and show whether they are enabled or not.

Controls

aws securityhub list-security-control-definitions
List Security Controls IDs (and description ...).

aws securityhub list-security-control-definitions --standards-arn "arn:aws:securityhub:us-east-1::standards/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.4.0"
List Security Controls IDs (and description ...) of the specified Standards.

aws securityhub list-standards-control-associations --security-control-id CloudTrail.1
List Standards that cover the given Control (ControlId). This will only return Controls that belong in an enabled Standard.

aws securityhub batch-get-standards-control-associations --standards-control-association-ids [{"SecurityControlId": "ACM.1", "StandardsArn": "arn:aws:securityhub:::ruleset/cis-aws-foundations-benchmark/v/1.2.0"}, ...]
For a given Control return associated Standards Controls (with ARNs) for the specified standard.