Appendix CInstalling and Configuring the AWS CLI

This appendix includes instructions for installing and configuring the AWS CLI on Max OS X and Windows.

The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a tool that lets you manage your AWS services using a command-line interface, over the internet. In this appendix you will learn to download, install, and configure the appropriate version of the AWS CLI on your computer.

Mac OS Users

If you are a Mac OS user, you can use a bundled installer to install the AWS CLI on your computer. The bundled installer requires Python2 version 2.6.5+ or Python3 version 3.3+ to be pre-installed on the computer.

To check the Python version on a Mac OS computer, open a Terminal window, type the following command, and ...

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