{"id":22287,"date":"2024-09-24T12:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000305590-what-is-the-aws-cli-tool\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:04:55","slug":"103000305590-what-is-the-aws-cli-tool","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000305590-what-is-the-aws-cli-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the AWS CLI Tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">What is the AWS CLI tool?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/cli\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/cli\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>AWS CLI<\/u><\/a> is a free tool from Amazon that supports S3 compatible Object Storage. It covers nearly all aspects of S3 API management and supports Windows, MacOS and Linux.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How do I install the aws cli tool?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please follow the installation instruction as described <u><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/cli\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/u>. You will need the following information before you can install and configure the aws cli tool:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">access_key<\/li>\n<li>secret_key<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Contabo&#8217;s S3 URL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How do I configure aws cli for Contabo&#8217;s S3 compatible Object Storage?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Run aws configure &#8211;profile eu2 (you may choose any profile name).<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Specify your access_key, e.g. 82046e8110804a43bf29c1ae426a724d for AWS Access Key ID.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Specify your secret_key, e.g. 82e69bd7a52076c527154297a76c2233 for AWS Secret Access Key.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Press return to skip Default region name.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Press return to skip Default output format.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000305590-what-is-the-aws-cli-tool-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the AWS CLI tool? 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