AWS Profile Setup Guide

Install AWS CLI

To install aws cli on ubuntu, run the below commands.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install awscli -y

Configure AWS Credentials

• Login to AWS Console

• Click on your username at top right corner and click on Security Credentials

• Under Access keys click on Create access key --> Choose Command Line Interface (CLI) --> add some description for it -> Create

  • Either copy Access key ID and Secret access key displayed on the screen or download csv file.

• Configure AWS Credentials

  aws configure --profile <profile-name>

  • For example:

  aws configure --profile nw-tech

  • Fill the prompts, (use below mentioned values for region, output format)

  AWS Access Key ID [None]: 
  AWS Secret Access Key [None]: 
  Default region name [None]: ap-south-1
  Default output format [None]: json

• Now you can verify your AWS configuration using below command.

  aws sts get-caller-identity --query 'Arn' --output text

  • You'll get output similar to below (ending with your username).

    arn:aws:iam::1111111111:user/dillip.chowdary