| Compute |
EC2 |
Virtual servers in the cloud |
| Compute |
aws ec2 describe-instances |
List EC2 instances |
| Compute |
aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-0123456789 |
Start an EC2 instance |
| Storage |
S3 |
Object storage service |
| Storage |
aws s3 ls |
List all S3 buckets |
| Storage |
aws s3 cp file.txt s3://mybucket/ |
Upload file to S3 |
| Security |
IAM |
Manage users and permissions |
| Security |
aws iam list-users |
List all IAM users |
| Security |
aws sts get-caller-identity |
Check current credentials |
| Networking |
VPC |
Virtual Private Cloud |
| Networking |
aws ec2 describe-vpcs |
List all VPCs |
| Serverless |
Lambda |
Run code without managing servers |
| Serverless |
aws lambda list-functions |
List Lambda functions |
| Database |
RDS |
Managed relational database service |
| Database |
aws rds describe-db-instances |
List RDS instances |
| DevOps |
CloudFormation |
Infrastructure as Code |
| DevOps |
aws cloudformation list-stacks |
List all stacks |
| Monitoring |
CloudWatch |
Monitoring and logging |
| Monitoring |
aws logs describe-log-groups |
List log groups |
| General |
aws configure |
Set up AWS CLI credentials |
| General |
aws --version |
Check AWS CLI version |
| General |
aws help |
CLI help manual |
